The Gang of Five won’t be getting any bigger.
Harold Meyerson
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Democrats Can’t Pick One of Those Many Senators for Veep
The party has given its VP nod to a senator (or renominated a veep who was a senator) at every convention but one since 1944. Next year, that’s not an option.
Posted inWorking in America
The Fight for 15’s Long, Winding, and Brandeisian Road
The progression of the Fight for 15 from a left-wing community organization and a left-wing union to left-wing cities to left-wing states to the Democratic mainstream is representative of the broader transformation of the Democratic Party in recent years.
Posted inTAP
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, JULY 4 (ANNOTATED)
ULTRA-TOP-SECRET: For POTUS (DJT), Ivanka and Jared (JK) only
Posted inAmerica and the World
How Centrists Misread Scandinavia When Attacking Bernie and Elizabeth
Commentators like David Brooks love Scandinavian economics—except the part about unions.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Handicapping the Democratic Field After the First Debates
A few quick thoughts about the Democratic presidential field now that the first debates have been concluded. First, Joe Biden made sadly clear on Thursday night that were he not the former vice president, he’d not be taken seriously as a candidate. I’m well aware that many within the Democratic establishment have viewed him as […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Never Mind the Russians. It’s the Court That Rigs Our Elections.
The five Republican justices’ gerrymandering decision ensures GOP rule even when the party’s in the minority.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
So Many Democrats, So Little Time
If it did nothing else, the first Democratic debate proved that brevity is no longer the soul of wit. Squeezing the answers of ten candidates, only four of them (Warren, Booker, and just maybe Klobuchar and O’Rourke) seriously running for president, into roughly 100 minutes yielded a few sound bites and, at a generous most, […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Bernie, Son of FDR
Sanders casts his socialism as an updated continuation of the New Deal.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The God-Damnedest Policy Paper of the Year
Senator Marco Rubio calls out corporate short-sightedness in a startling new paper—but he’s short on solutions.