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Where the Heck Is Joe Biden’s Disability Plan?

Where the Heck Is Joe Biden’s Disability Plan? Where the Heck Is Joe Biden’s Disability Plan?

For the first time, disability has been foregrounded as a major issue in Democratic Party presidential politics—except by the front-runner.

Mar 10, 2020 / David M. Perry

The Working Families Party Says It’s Time to Get Off the Sidelines and Back Sanders

The Working Families Party Says It’s Time to Get Off the Sidelines and Back Sanders The Working Families Party Says It’s Time to Get Off the Sidelines and Back Sanders

The labor-left group, which backed Elizabeth Warren last fall, endorses Bernie Sanders to “get the job done.”

Mar 9, 2020 / John Nichols

Close-up shot of Bernie Sanders smiling.

Bernie Can Still Win Bernie Can Still Win

He doesn’t have to sacrifice his positive vision to eviscerate Joe Biden.

Mar 9, 2020 / Ajay Singh Chaudhary

Biden’s Not the One

Biden’s Not the One Biden’s Not the One

If the Democratic establishment thinks that Joe Biden is a better candidate to run against Donald Trump, they’re in for a rude awakening.

Mar 9, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage

Put Elizabeth Warren in Charge of Writing the Democratic Platform

Put Elizabeth Warren in Charge of Writing the Democratic Platform Put Elizabeth Warren in Charge of Writing the Democratic Platform

The senator should chair a supercharged platform committee and lead in the forging of an agenda for big, bold structural change.

Mar 6, 2020 / John Nichols

Boris Johnson

Democrats Need to Learn From Boris Johnson’s Success, Not Jeremy Corbyn’s Failure Democrats Need to Learn From Boris Johnson’s Success, Not Jeremy Corbyn’s Failure

The party has drawn the wrong lessons from the recent UK election and ignores the truth at its collective peril.

Mar 4, 2020 / Marshall Auerback

Emily’s List Has Endorsed Warren—but Will Anyone Hear About It?

Emily’s List Has Endorsed Warren—but Will Anyone Hear About It? Emily’s List Has Endorsed Warren—but Will Anyone Hear About It?

Now not just her campaign but her endorsers too are being erased.

Mar 3, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Mike Bloomberg Democratic Presidential candidate speaks during the 2020 launch Women for Mike at Sheraton New York

Bloomberg’s Campaign Threatens to Turn Our Elections Into an Auction Bloomberg’s Campaign Threatens to Turn Our Elections Into an Auction

In our broken campaign finance system, the barrier to running for office keeps getting higher.

Mar 3, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Letters From the March 16/23, 2020, Issue Letters From the March 16/23, 2020, Issue

A message to Democrats… An impeachable offense…

Mar 3, 2020 / Our Readers

Paradise Lost

Will the Democratic Establishment Destroy the Party to Stop Sanders? Will the Democratic Establishment Destroy the Party to Stop Sanders?

Talk of thwarting the front-runner at a brokered convention comes from an elite that distrusts democracy.

Feb 28, 2020 / Jeet Heer

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