An Iowa Democrat is running for Congress on fighting the corporations keeping rural Americans down.
Election 2020
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Full-Court Press for Medicaid Expansion in Missouri
Despite Republican opposition, voters may be poised to pass a constitutional amendment to expand health care for hundreds of thousands of residents.
Posted inPolitics
New York Primary Glitches Show Rough Waters Ahead for November
The Empire State primary provides one example of how difficult it is to transition to vote-by-mail elections.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Kamala Harris Fought to Keep Nonviolent Prisoners Locked Up
As California attorney general, she spent years subverting a 2011 Supreme Court ruling requiring the state to reduce its prison population. The overseeing judicial panel nearly found the state in contempt of court.
Posted inPolitics
Elizabeth Warren: VP or Treasury Secretary?
It’s a close question. But one way or another, she needs a senior post in a Biden administration.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Student Voting Mess
If you think voter registration in a pandemic is a challenge generally, consider the special case of college students who have no idea where they will be living in September.
Posted inPolitics
How Biden and Trump Explain the American Story
On the campaign trail, it’s American progress versus blood and soil.
Posted inPolitics
Will the Republican Party Implode?
The signs are increasing—but first we need a tolerably fair election.
Posted inPolitics
Poll Shows Warren Better for Biden Ticket Than Harris
The key question has been which running mate will help him get elected. That increasingly seems to be Elizabeth Warren.
Posted inPolitics
Cori Bush Seeks to Be a Congresswoman Organizer
The coronavirus survivor and Ferguson activist is primed for this political moment, as she challenges 20-year incumbent congressman Lacy Clay a second time in St. Louis.
