Election 2020
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About That Culinary Workers Health Plan
It’s one of the best. Which means Medicare For All-advocates have a genuine policy challenge, not just a political one. Read more
Jandos Rothstein
Sanders and the Jewish Vote
How the senator from Vermont is testing the pro-Israel establishment Read more
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The First Brokered Democratic Convention Since 1952
Today on TAP: This fragmentation well into the primary season is unprecedented. Read more
Esteban Whiteside
Bloomberg: The ‘Democrat’ Who Treated Minorities as Inherently Criminal
If separating immigrant children from their parents at the border upsets you, Michael Bloomberg’s policies separated black and brown children from their parents all across New York. Read more
Jandos Rothstein
Michael Bloomberg and the Dangers of ‘Any Blue Will Do’ Politics
The presidential candidate is a mirror image of Trump. Read more
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The Anti-Ideologue
A technocrat without a transformative vision. Michael Bloomberg’s presidential bid is all about his bank account. Read more
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Can Americans Stop a Demagogue?
Patricia Roberts-Miller is the author of “Demagoguery and Democracy.” The University of Texas at Austin professor of rhetoric breaks downs how demagogues succeed in destabilizing societies—and what that means for the United States. Read more
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The Lessons of the Culinary Union Health Care Fight
The scuffle in Nevada will look a lot like other fights with stakeholders in health care reform. Read more
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From ‘We, the People’ to the Power of People Magazine
This year’s presidential campaigns demonstrate the steadily increasing integration of political figures into pop culture, and vice-versa. Read more
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Five Ways Donald Trump Has Not Drained the Swamp
It seems like forever ago when Donald Trump promised to “Drain the Swamp” if elected president. Well, it turns out this was one of the biggest whoppers in modern American politics. Read more
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Nevada’s Confusing, Ever-Shifting Vote-Counting Process
The use of a ‘tool’ rather than an app has not calmed fears of another bungled caucus night. Read more
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The Culinary Union Goes After Sanders in Nevada
An unusual attack on a pro-labor candidate is all about Medicare for All. Read more
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New Hampshire Rap-Up
Bernie’s authentic; Amy’s empathetic; Mayor Pete’s synthetic; Old Joe’s pathetic. I got no rhyme for Warren (or optimism for her prospects) but admiration nonetheless. Read more
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Fearful (and False) Symmetry
A Sanders-Trump election would not be a face-off between left and right, but between democracy and incipient fascism. Read more
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Socialism? Capitalism? Whatever.
Today on TAP: Bloomberg or Sanders could beat Trump. Read more
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Austerity Pete
Buttigieg settles on deficit hawkery as a closing argument in New Hampshire. It’s hard to think of a school of political thought with less credibility and less popularity. Read more
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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. Read more
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Why Pete Buttigieg Isn’t Carrying the Queer Vote
LGBTQ voters are well to Mayor Pete’s left. Read more
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What Do Swing Women Voters Want?
There’s an appetite for progressive policies—but it’s complicated out there, and we need to engage voters one-on-one. Read more
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Little Note nor Long Remember
Unfortunately, the ‘most important Democratic debate so far’ really doesn’t change much. Read more
