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Who Won the Democratic Debate? Progressives, Hands Down

Who Won the Democratic Debate? Progressives, Hands Down Who Won the Democratic Debate? Progressives, Hands Down

The largest TV audience in Democratic debate history heard from candidates whose base has pulled them to the left.

Oct 14, 2015 / Joan Walsh

Prison inmate

The Senate’s Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill Only Tackles Half the Problem The Senate’s Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill Only Tackles Half the Problem

If we don’t face the injustice of the very existence of prisons, the root causes of mass incarceration will go unaddressed.

Oct 14, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Note to Dems: Simply Not Being Racist Isn’t Enough on Immigration Reform

Note to Dems: Simply Not Being Racist Isn’t Enough on Immigration Reform Note to Dems: Simply Not Being Racist Isn’t Enough on Immigration Reform

The GOP’s xenophobic carnival has set the political bar dangerously low for Democrats.

Oct 14, 2015 / Julianne Hing

The Real Debate Last Night Was Between Democratic Socialism and Casino Capitalism

The Real Debate Last Night Was Between Democratic Socialism and Casino Capitalism The Real Debate Last Night Was Between Democratic Socialism and Casino Capitalism

And if Bernie Sanders has his way, this discussion’s not over.

Oct 14, 2015 / John Nichols

Car wash workers and allies protest in Brooklyn in 2014.

The Unionization Tool Management Will Never Expect The Unionization Tool Management Will Never Expect

Members-only unions might not be as strong as regular unions, but they’re a lot easier to create in a hostile labor environment.

Oct 14, 2015 / Michelle Chen

How Bernie Changed the Democratic Debate

How Bernie Changed the Democratic Debate How Bernie Changed the Democratic Debate

The other candidates followed his lead, and leaned left.

Oct 14, 2015 / The Editors

October 14, 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis Begins

October 14, 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis Begins October 14, 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis Begins

“Thermonuclear war is not, as the world has been saying, unthinkable; quite the contrary, it is perfectly thinkable. Let no one mistake the fact.”

Oct 14, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

The wreckage: A street in Breezy Point, a section of the Rockaways, two weeks after Sandy.

3 Years After Hurricane Sandy, Is New York Prepared for the Next Great Storm? 3 Years After Hurricane Sandy, Is New York Prepared for the Next Great Storm?

New York is spending $20 billion to protect its shores from sea-level rise—but that may not be enough.

Oct 14, 2015 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy

In the First Democratic Debate, Clinton Shows That She Really Does Know How to Play the Game

In the First Democratic Debate, Clinton Shows That She Really Does Know How to Play the Game In the First Democratic Debate, Clinton Shows That She Really Does Know How to Play the Game

And she typified all that is good, and bad, about Democratic liberalism.

Oct 14, 2015 / D.D. Guttenplan

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

How the Populist Moment Will Shape the Debates How the Populist Moment Will Shape the Debates

The moment and the movements shaping it.

Oct 13, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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