Robert L. Borosage

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Robert L. Borosage is a leading progressive writer and activist.

Trump’s Kurdish Betrayal Gives Peace a Bad Name

Trump’s Kurdish Betrayal Gives Peace a Bad Name Trump’s Kurdish Betrayal Gives Peace a Bad Name

Slamming Republicans as “the party of cut and run” raises the question of whether Democrats have a better idea.

Oct 24, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Pelosi Ilhan Omar

Pelosi’s Feud Won’t Stop the Squad Pelosi’s Feud Won’t Stop the Squad

If the speaker wants to consolidate Democratic power, she should shift it—to the left.

Jul 16, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Democratic presidential candidates

The Second Democratic Debate Proved That Bernie Really Has Transformed the Party The Second Democratic Debate Proved That Bernie Really Has Transformed the Party

His ideas now frame the debate in the Democratic Party—an extraordinary victory for progressives

Jun 28, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Ro Khanna on Yemen

In Search of a Green New Foreign Policy In Search of a Green New Foreign Policy

Domestically, progressives advocate a broad alternative to our disastrous environmental course. Where is the plan for reducing our damage abroad?

May 30, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Joe Biden speaking at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers construction and maintenance conference

Joe Biden Is a Bad Bet Joe Biden Is a Bad Bet

Far from being the safest choice, Biden lacks the economic vision necessary to counter Trump.

May 10, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren Has the Plans Elizabeth Warren Has the Plans

The votes are another matter.

Apr 30, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Bernie Sanders

The Democratic Primary May Get Ugly, but It’s a Necessary Fight The Democratic Primary May Get Ugly, but It’s a Necessary Fight

The spat between Bernie Sanders and the Center for American Progress is a sign of things to come.

Apr 19, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Bernie Sanders in Miami

Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn Might Create a Revolution Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn Might Create a Revolution

Just as Reagan and Thatcher rose together, perhaps so too will Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn.

Apr 12, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Bernie Sanders New Hampshire

The Center-Left Wants to Pass the Baton, but What 2020 Candidate Will Take It? The Center-Left Wants to Pass the Baton, but What 2020 Candidate Will Take It?

The right person will understand one crucial thing that Barack Obama did not get. 

Apr 8, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Sanders and Clinton in 2016 presidential debate

Centrists Are Using Calls for Civility to Silence the Left Centrists Are Using Calls for Civility to Silence the Left

Nobody should fight in the gutter, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a vigorous debate about policy. 

Mar 25, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

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