Advocating policies like Medicare-for-all, a significant expansion of Medicare, or a buy-in at age 55, Dems won in heavily blue and red districts.
Robert Kuttner
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Will Hate Play in the Midterms?
The early signs are that hate will stick to Donald Trump—and cost Republicans votes.
Posted inEconomic Policy
It Was Vulture Capitalism that Killed Sears
Don’t blame Amazon or the internet. The culprit was a predatory hedge fund.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Will the Republicans Dump Kavanaugh?
It all comes down to the FBI’s investigation.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Very, Very, Very Fine House
If the Democrats do take back the House in November, how should they pursue strategic goals looking forward to 2020?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump’s Bastard Children
A president who has already committed several impeachable offenses has no legitimate business filling a high court seat.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Sweden Shows No Country Is Immune to Far-Right, Anti-Immigrant Backlash
Economic insecurity and an influx of migrants have pushed Swedish politics to the right.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Democrats Can Make Race a Winning Issue
Democrats need to back new and recurring claims for social justice, while never forgetting to define and emphasize commonalities.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Republicans Can Honor John McCain by Putting America Before Trump
Trump is more than willing to take down America if that’s what it takes to save his own neck—and Republicans might just let him.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
NAFTA: More Fake News from Trump
Trump’s NAFTA announcement is a nothingburger. Why is the press falling for it?
