Stop Playing Games With the Mangled Iowa Caucus Count Stop Playing Games With the Mangled Iowa Caucus Count
The Iowa Democratic Party’s release of partial results at this point adds insult to injury.
Feb 5, 2020 / John Nichols
How I Learned to Stop Worrying About My Neighbors How I Learned to Stop Worrying About My Neighbors
I hope people driving through my town don’t see the sign and believe everyone here—and in small towns around the US—is a caricature.
Feb 5, 2020 / Karen Rothmyer
How to Figure Out Who ‘Won’ the Iowa Caucuses How to Figure Out Who ‘Won’ the Iowa Caucuses
Here’s a hint: It could be complicated, and it could take a while. We go down the Iowa caucus rabbit hole so you don’t have to.
Feb 3, 2020 / John Nichols
Anything Could Happen at the Iowa Caucuses Anything Could Happen at the Iowa Caucuses
Talking to Iowans and parsing polls, it’s not only unclear who the winner will be—it’s unclear who will be in the top five.
Feb 2, 2020 / Joan Walsh
New Jersey Just Passed the First Law in the Nation to Guarantee Severance Pay After Mass Layoffs New Jersey Just Passed the First Law in the Nation to Guarantee Severance Pay After Mass Layoffs
The measure could tip the scales in favor of keeping stores and factories open and people employed.
Jan 15, 2020 / Bryce Covert
10 Stories From 2019 That Might Just Renew Your Faith in Politics 10 Stories From 2019 That Might Just Renew Your Faith in Politics
From funding for the Census to Stacey Abrams’s persistence, progressives did score some victories this year.
Dec 24, 2019 / Steve Phillips
Democrats Aren’t Forcing Jeff Van Drew to Join the GOP Democrats Aren’t Forcing Jeff Van Drew to Join the GOP
The New Jersey representative is leaving the party because he doesn’t have the courage to face the voters who elected him—and because Democrats have stronger candidates.
Dec 17, 2019 / Joan Walsh
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
How Abortion Played on the Air in Virginia How Abortion Played on the Air in Virginia
The state’s 2019 state legislative elections flooded airwaves with bad-faith claims about a Democrat-sponsored later-abortion bill, among others.
Dec 3, 2019 / Joan Walsh
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