Last week, I wrote about Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s lack of policy proposals regarding women’s rights. Over the weekend, the campaign updated its website to include several new policy initiatives. Sanders’s new plan for fighting for women’s rights is expansive, and the most detailed in the Democratic field. If elected president, Sanders would only […]
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Conan O’Brien Wants to Help Lincoln Chafee’s Campaign
Here at the Prospect, we had intended to be your No. 1 place for Lincoln Chafee news. You know, Lincoln Chafee, the former Rhode Island governor (and former Republican) who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination? If we’ve been neglecting our duties, it’s only because, well, it wasn’t clear anyone actually wanted to read […]
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Where’s Bernie’s Platform on Reproductive Rights?
With reproductive freedom under attack at the state and federal level, what’s Sanders’s plan?
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The Clinton Candidacy: What the Republican War on Planned Parenthood Is Really About
Abortion opponents know a pro-choice woman is likely to be the Democratic nominee. War on.
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Rick Perry’s Broke Campaign and Our Broken System
Running out of money isn’t a problem for campaigns anymore, as long as they have billionaire-backed super PACs to do the work.
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The GOP Primary Is a Mess. Can Anyone Unite This Party?
It’s awfully hard when all they can agree on is their anger and disappointment.
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O’Malley Joins Sanders in Calling for Public Campaign Finance
Yesterday, Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley added a new plank to his campaign platform: public campaign financing for congressional elections within five years. The former Maryland governor had previously supported a public-funding model in his state and had hinted on the campaign trail that he would come out with a substantive policy on the federal […]
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Surprise! White, Wealthy (Mostly Male) Elites Are Bankrolling the Campaigns
The American political system has been steadily shifting from democracy to, as former President Jimmy Carter calls it, an “oligarchy with unlimited political bribery.” According to a recent big story from The New York Times, less than 130 families and their businesses account for more than half of the political contributions to Republican contenders and […]
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Republicans Slut-Shame Megyn Kelly, Reward Trump
The Republican frontrunner is only expressing the logical end of what many in the party believe.
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Lawrence Lessig’s Curious Candidacy for Campaign-Finance Reform
Last night, The New York Times reported that prominent campaign-finance reformer Lawrence Lessig is considering a Democratic run for president. His civic-minded platform is simple, and his plan is rather curious. If he can raise $1 million in small donations by Labor Day, Lessig will run for president with the sole purpose of passing legislation-the […]
