Election 2020

Joe Biden’s Secret Weapon Is Grief

Joe Biden’s Secret Weapon Is Grief Joe Biden’s Secret Weapon Is Grief

The presumptive Democratic nominee has a gift for empathy that can help him win the election. But will a mourner in chief be able to govern?

Jun 12, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Georgia Shows How Serious the Threat of Voter Suppression Will Be This November

Georgia Shows How Serious the Threat of Voter Suppression Will Be This November Georgia Shows How Serious the Threat of Voter Suppression Will Be This November

Time has almost run out.

Jun 10, 2020 / John Nichols

Phara Souffrant Forrest

Phara Souffrant Forrest Wants to Cancel Your Rent Phara Souffrant Forrest Wants to Cancel Your Rent

The union nurse and tenant activist may be running office for the first time, but she’s been fighting for justice her whole life.

Jun 10, 2020 / Q&A / Sara Baig

Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx

Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx

In his Democratic primary challenge to the House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, a New York educator outlines “a progressive foreign policy.”

Jun 9, 2020 / John Nichols

Democratic Candidates Should Be Campaigning to End Toxic Policing

Democratic Candidates Should Be Campaigning to End Toxic Policing Democratic Candidates Should Be Campaigning to End Toxic Policing

Kentucky US Senate candidate Charles Booker gets it right when he says, “If you are saying you are going to stand up for people, then do it.”

Jun 4, 2020 / John Nichols

D.C. Statehood Is the Answer to Trump’s Abuse of Washington

D.C. Statehood Is the Answer to Trump’s Abuse of Washington D.C. Statehood Is the Answer to Trump’s Abuse of Washington

The president says he is determined to “dominate” Washington with military might. Democrats must rise to D.C.’s defense.

Jun 3, 2020 / John Nichols

‘Justice Does Not Equal Convictions’

‘Justice Does Not Equal Convictions’ ‘Justice Does Not Equal Convictions’

Scenes from a pandemic: 10

Jun 3, 2020 / no-paywall / Anna Simonton

Trump in front of an American flag

Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security

The challenge for his successor will be how to dig out from the rubble.

Jun 2, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Letters From the June 15/22, 2020, Issue Letters From the June 15/22, 2020, Issue

Don’t blame the Boasians… Tilting at windmills… Dark recesses… The road already taken… Submerging the valley…

Jun 2, 2020 / Letters / Our Readers

The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party Is a Fight for the Future

The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party Is a Fight for the Future The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party Is a Fight for the Future

Henry Wallace, FDR’s vice president, argued 75 years ago that Democrats had to go big on economic and social and racial justice. That’s still true.

Jun 2, 2020 / Feature / John Nichols

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