Elizabeth Warren Gets the Argument Against the Electoral College Exactly Right

She says it would steer candidates to states that aren’t now considered political “battlegrounds,” such as Mississippi.

John Nichols

Letters From the April 1, 2019, Issue

Our Readers

Foreign Policy Beyond Good and Evil

Even Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have fallen victim to a simplistic vision of world affairs.

Daniel Bessner and Udi Greenberg

Progressives Are Starting to Define a New Realism for Our National-Security Strategy

The weakest response of Democrats to Trump would be to defend the old foreign-policy consensus.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Michelle Goldberg: The Time Is Right for a Green New Deal

Plus George Zornick on Elizabeth Warren and Michael Walzer on building a movement.

Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats

The 2020 presidential candidate has a long track record of opposing lobbyists, billionaires, the Republicans—and her own party.

George Zornick

Warren’s Push for a Wealth Tax Could Be a Game Changer

Americans are hungry for bold measures to tackle income inequality.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Why the Ideas Primary Matters

What’s important now is to hold the media accountable for reporting on the substance of the ideas fairly, not simply on the glitz and gossip of the campaigns.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Democrats Must Slam the Revolving Door Shut

Former members of Congress are already migrating like geese from Capitol Hill to K Street.

George Zornick

Sanders and Warren Are Challenging the Post–Cold War Foreign-Policy Establishment

It is time to think anew. The United States needs dramatic changes in its policies and the institutions that enforce them.

Katrina vanden Heuvel