If Debate Skills Mattered, Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Be the One Dropping Out If Debate Skills Mattered, Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Be the One Dropping Out
The California senator suspends her presidential campaign, as Bloomberg buys his way in.
Dec 4, 2019 / John Nichols
What if Democrats Have Already Won Back Enough White Working-Class Voters to Win in 2020? What if Democrats Have Already Won Back Enough White Working-Class Voters to Win in 2020?
Since the 1980s, Democratic candidates have proven that they can win elections while losing whites without a college degree by a significant margin.
Dec 4, 2019 / Joshua Holland
Nate McMurray Wants To Un-Trump Upstate New York Nate McMurray Wants To Un-Trump Upstate New York
With Chris Collins out of office on insider trading charges, Democrats are hoping to turn one of America’s reddest districts blue in an upcoming special election.
Dec 4, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz
Why Are Big-Money Democrats Turning Their Fire on Progressives? Why Are Big-Money Democrats Turning Their Fire on Progressives?
The real threats are Trump and the GOP.
Dec 3, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Where Billionaires Stand on the Presidency Where Billionaires Stand on the Presidency
First Schultz thought he might, then Steyer jumped in. Now Bloomberg’s announced. (Though his chances are thin, He hopes with his dough he won’t need early states.) No word yet fro…
Dec 3, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin
How I Won a Florida Swing Seat as a Proud Abortion-Rights Supporter How I Won a Florida Swing Seat as a Proud Abortion-Rights Supporter
Consultants advised me not to talk about my work for Planned Parenthood. But I didn’t want to win an election if I could not be myself, and supporting reproductive freedom is found...
Dec 3, 2019 / Anna Eskamani
Rural America Has a Young People Problem Rural America Has a Young People Problem
Democratic politics will lose all remaining connection with rural areas of the country if young people leave home and never come back.
Nov 29, 2019 / Karen Rothmyer
FDR Got Everything that Trump Does Not About Thanksgiving FDR Got Everything that Trump Does Not About Thanksgiving
Roosevelt used the holiday to preach about sacrifice and solidarity. Trump thanks himself.
Nov 28, 2019 / John Nichols
I Asked Biden About Obama-Era Deportations. He Told Me to Vote for Trump. I Asked Biden About Obama-Era Deportations. He Told Me to Vote for Trump.
I was shocked to hear the 2020 Democratic front-runner tell me to my face to vote for Trump, simply because I pressed him on a question about basic dignity for immigrants.
Nov 28, 2019 / Carlos E. Rojas Rodriguez
61 Percent of Women Are Ready to Impeach and Remove Trump 61 Percent of Women Are Ready to Impeach and Remove Trump
A new CNN poll finds a 21 percent gender gap, as women form the vanguard for presidential accountability.
Nov 27, 2019 / John Nichols