Socialist Distancing
Reading Time: < 1 minute As Democratic primary voters consolidate around Joe Biden’s candidacy, the party is distancing itself from democratic socialist Bernie Sanders.
Democratic Primaries — Apocalypse Not?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Democratic Party leaders are panicking at the possibility that independent-minded Democratic voters might choose “wrong” candidate for president – then what?
Not Feeling the Bern
Reading Time: 4 minutes While Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) has assembled a broad coalition of supporters nationally, interactions with residents of his home state Vermont has people there questioning his fitness to be president.
Is Bernie Just George McGovern Déjà Vu or Déjà New?
Reading Time: 5 minutes George McGovern led bleeding-heart liberals down the same path of hope as Bernie Sanders. Will these bleeding hearts become broken hearts as they did in 1972?
Clinton Crashes Kumbaya Primary
Reading Time: 4 minutes All 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have worked hard to keep things civil and their powder dry for the general election. The only one causing trouble is the 2016 nominee.
Bernie Sanders Is the Original Invisible Man
Reading Time: < 1 minute In a repeat of 2016, Bernie Sanders is running another strong campaign. He’s attracting big crowds, raising a lot of money, making news with important plans, and doing well in the polls — but the media continues to act like he doesn’t even exist.
Sanders’s Single-Payer Bill: More Backing but Questions Remain
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sixteen Democrats co-sponsored Bernie Sanders’s ambitious Medicare-for-all bill on Wednesday, signaling a potential shift in the party’s willingness to try and enact a fully federally funded health care system to replace Obamacare. But can they devise a viable way to finance it?
#BernieOrBust Faces a Choice between Principles and Pragmatism
Reading Time: 5 minutes Clinton is trying to unify the left to make her president but many Sanders loyalists are resisting that call. That might be a principled stance but it hurts them, too.
Sanders Is Done Running, But He Has Inspired Something Bigger
Reading Time: 5 minutes Bernie Sanders’s campaign for president has inspired a new generation of political activists to get involved with their feet and their voices, not just their votes.
Commentary: The DNC Screws Sanders One More Time
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bernie Sanders wants to turn his primary support into a lasting progressive movement. But the latest DNC scandal will make that more difficult.