![Pete Buttigieg 2020](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/pete-buttigieg-2020-ap-img.jpg)
For Agonistic Respect on the Left For Agonistic Respect on the Left
More than ever, we must embrace the ability to be sharply critical without being destructive and hostile.
Apr 9, 2019 / Jeffrey C. Isaac
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We’re Owed an Apology We’re Owed an Apology
And we should be suspicious of any candidate who’s loath to give one.
Apr 9, 2019 / Column / Kai Wright
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Electoral College Bound Electoral College Bound
Amending the constitution—that’s unconstitutional!
Apr 9, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
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Bernie Sanders Is Making Union Solidarity an Essential Theme of the 2020 Campaign Bernie Sanders Is Making Union Solidarity an Essential Theme of the 2020 Campaign
The senator is rallying with labor and proposing to upend “right to work” laws.
Apr 8, 2019 / John Nichols
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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
![Elizabeth Warren We the People Summit](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/elizabeth-warren-we-the-people-ap-img.jpg)
Why Democratic Contenders Now Call for Abolishing the Electoral College Why Democratic Contenders Now Call for Abolishing the Electoral College
After the 2000 election, when Al Gore won the popular vote, Democrats were slow to respond, seeming to lack a basic sense of what was at stake. Not anymore.
Apr 8, 2019 / Editorial / John Nichols
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An All-Female Ticket for 2020 An All-Female Ticket for 2020
Kamala Harris says she would consider a woman for vice president. So does Elizabeth Warren.
Apr 5, 2019 / John Nichols
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Some Democrats Haven’t Learned the Lessons of #MeToo Some Democrats Haven’t Learned the Lessons of #MeToo
Some of Joe Biden’s defenders are drawing from the Brett Kavanaugh playbook.
Apr 5, 2019 / Steve Phillips
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Stacey Abrams: How We Fight for the Right to Vote Stacey Abrams: How We Fight for the Right to Vote
Plus Harold Meyerson on the trouble with Beto.
Apr 4, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
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The ‘Best Economy’ Ever Isn’t Working for Working People The ‘Best Economy’ Ever Isn’t Working for Working People
Trumpism has failed Americans even at the height of the recovery.
Apr 2, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel