Too cozy with the hospital lobby and pharmaceutical industry, the Massachusetts congressman has failed constituents during the COVID crisis.
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About Warren’s Senate Seat
Today on TAP: Gaining a VP does not have to mean losing a Democratic seat
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The Ultimate Corporate Democrat Versus the Pandemic
Will the flaws in CARES relief come back to haunt Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal as he faces a progressive primary challenge?
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Bernie in Mass
Inside the Sanders campaign’s bid to beat Elizabeth Warren in her home state
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Deval Patrick Goes North to New Hampshire—but Can His Campaign Go Anyplace but South?
Why this former two-term Massachusetts governor is running for president is anyone’s guess.
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Ed Markey, Joe Kennedy, and Waiting-Your-Turn Politics in Massachusetts
The generational clash between the old guard and the new kids on the block could get ugly in the Bay State.
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Another Senator Kennedy for Massachusetts?
Justice Democrats, the grassroots group that recruited AOC to successfully challenge Representative Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th Congressional District, has taken heat for breaking the unwritten rule that Democrats are not supposed to take down their own incumbents. So far, the group has endorsed six new challengers for 2020, generally progressives taking on centrists. […]
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The Coming Primary Challenges to Corporate Democrats
Is the threat to senior House incumbents a risky distraction or a long overdue exercise of grassroots progressive power—or both?
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Boston’s Transportation Crisis: A Q&A with Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu
After recent subway derailments, Wu has taken up the banner that state political leaders have dropped, sounding the alarm that Massachusetts officials must develop comprehensive solutions to the beleaguered transit system before it’s too late.
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Massachusetts Commuters at the Breaking Point
A statewide report on drivers and public-transportation users sheds light on the economic and emotional tolls of the crises posed by failing public infrastructure and skyrocketing housing costs.
