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.
The Undemocratic Primary
Reading Time: 5 minutes While the Republican field of White House hopefuls is historically deep and diverse, the GOP’s process of picking its nominee is highly undemocratic. Open primaries were supposed to bring transparency to party nominations once dominated by backroom deals. But party-sanctioned debate rules and the influence of conservative billionaires are stacking the deck in favor of the frontrunners.