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Bernie Sanders

  1. the inside game
    Bernie Sanders’s Pressure Campaign on Democrats Over IsraelHe’s getting louder about America’s role in Israel’s war, pushing his own party to act before it’s too late.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  2. israel-hamas war
    Biden Should Follow Bernie Sanders on Conditions for IsraelSooner or later, Biden needs to put teeth into his disagreements with Netanyahu on the ultimate fate of Palestine. Bernie Sanders has a suggestion.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. the left
    AOC Is Just a Regular Old Democrat NowHow the most promising leftist of her generation lost her political identity.
    By Freddie deBoer
  4. the inside game
    The One Big Question Bernie Sanders Won’t AnswerThe progressive hero has more power than ever. He has to decide whether to try and keep it ’til he’s 89.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  5. encounter
    My Valentine’s Day Date With Bernie SandersThe senator railed against Über-capitalism, signed autographs, and ordered soup.
    By Bridget Read
  6. early and often
    The Heir to Bernie?The career of America’s leading socialist has to end at some point, and he might have a worthy successor in Vermont’s own Becca Balint.
    By Ross Barkan
  7. early and often
    Bernie Sanders Probably Won’t Run Again. Who Replaces Him?For all the speculation about Joe Biden’s future, there is no obvious socialist successor waiting to run in 2024, but there needs to be.
    By Ross Barkan
  8. early and often
    Democrats Need a Vision. Fast.It’s not enough to say the other side is evil.
    By Sarah Jones
  9. the resistance
    The Democratic Party Is Wasting Its Grassroots EnergyThe conservative movement is on the march to power. What happened to movements on the left?
    By Sam Adler-Bell
  10. joe manchin
    What Do Progressives Hope to Gain From Bashing Manchin?The idea that Democrats can take Manchin to the woodshed back home in West Virginia betrays a very poor understanding of that state’s Trumpy politics.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. the body politic
    The Betrayal of RoeDecades of neglect and cowardice have brought this country to the precipice.
    By Rebecca Traister
  12. big tech
    How Do You Solve a Problem Like Elon Musk?The jokes get worse, and he only gets richer.
    By Jacob Silverman
  13. politics
    Enough With the Tired ’90s Takes on Today’s DemocratsMark Penn and Andrew Stein are advising Biden to turn his back on decades of change within his party and his country. It won’t, and shouldn’t, work.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. politics
    Never Trump ‘Red Dogs,’ Democrats’ Litmus Tests Are Not About YouDemocrats spent years achieving a progressive consensus and are far from total unity. But they can’t turn back the clock to please ex-Republicans.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. politics
    Democrats Should Save Some Reconciliation Goodies for 2022The best way to reduce the Build Back Better price tag without sacrificing initiatives is to delay the most popular ideas, like Medicare expansion.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. politics
    Joe Manchin Doesn’t Want an ‘Entitlement Society.’ We Already Live in One.The Build Back Better Act would make things a little more fair. The bill’s privileged opponents consider that a problem.
    By Sarah Jones
  17. the 99 percent
    Occupy Wall Street Changed EverythingTen years later, the legacy of Zuccotti Park has never been clearer.
    By Astra Taylor and Jonathan Smucker
  18. reconciliation bill
    3 Key Divides in Democrats’ Civil War Over the Biden AgendaIt’s not just progressives versus moderates.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. politics
    Nina Turner Learns the Hard Way That Democrats Like Joe BidenThe lefty hopeful blew a race for Congress when it turned into a referendum on her disdain for party leaders.
    By Ben Jacobs
  20. vision 2024
    Has Trump Spoiled the GOP for More Rational Leaders?If Trump doesn’t run in 2024, other Republican presidential contenders will have a hard time rivaling his unique demagogic appeal.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the inside game
    Obamacare Is Saved — Now Democrats Need a New Campaign IssueA Supreme Court decision marked the end of the line for the top-tier political message for the Democrats for the last decade. What next?
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  22. israel
    Bernie Sanders to Try to Cancel Arms Sale to IsraelHis bill is destined to fail, but it’s another sign of growing discontent around Israel among progressive members of Congress.
    By Benjamin Hart
  23. the national interest
    Bernie Sanders Questions Twitter’s Ban on Donald TrumpDo we want to cede this power to a private firm?
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. covid-19 stimulus
    Senate Likely to Vote on COVID-19 Stimulus Package This WeekendDemocrats are already accepting changes in the bill to preempt Republican amendments, and Sanders’s minimum wage bid has already been defeated.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. biden cabinet
    Bernie Sanders Casts First Democratic Vote Against a Biden Cabinet NomineeTom Vilsack was overwhelmingly confirmed anyway, and Democratic unity remains impressive.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. biden administration
    Tanden, Republicans Agree That Bernie Sanders Is Not an ‘Ignorant Slut’Biden’s OMB nominee — and Left Twitter’s archnemesis — is having a very normal confirmation hearing.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. minimum wage increase
    There Was Some Late-Night Maneuvering on the Minimum WageJoni Ernst tried to set up a trap for moderate Democrats during the vote-a-rama. But Bernie Sanders outfoxed her and avoided a recorded vote.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. inauguration day
    Return to Normalcy With Some Bernie Sanders MemesThe only man who dresses for January, ladies and gentlemen.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  29. fashion
    Bernie’s Inauguration Look Is Instantly IconicThe senator wore mittens made from recycled plastic bottles and carried a manila envelope.
    By Bridget Read
  30. politics
    Why Did McConnell Block $2,000 Stimulus Checks?Trump wants it. Georgia’s embattled Republican senators want it. Mitch says no — for now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. covid-19 stimulus
    Trump Nearly Blew Up Stimulus Talks With Demand for a Big Second CheckTrump wants the kind of spending that horrifies most of his closest allies in Congress.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. congress
    Congress and Trump Will Keep Bickering Through the HolidaysEndless wrangling over spending and stimulus and a likely Trump veto of a defense-policy bill are casting a pall over a holiday-decorated Capitol.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. coronavirus stimulus
    Josh Hawley and Bernie Sanders Demand Second Round of $1,200 Stimulus ChecksA rare alliance emerges in the fight for a second stimulus package.
    By Matt Stieb
  34. intelligencer chats
    What an Actual Socialist Makes of Republicans’ Anti-Socialism HysteriaSocialists, radical liberals, whatever … Trump and his party are wildly incoherent in their descriptions of Democrats.
    By Sarah Jones and Ed Kilgore
  35. vision 2020
    Was Joe Biden the Most Electable Democrat After All?We’ll never know if one of Biden’s rivals might have done better in 2020. But his narrow win suggests Democrats need to build a stronger coalition.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. the fight for the future
    The Left Isn’t Going Back to Brunch After TrumpJoe Biden may be the next president, but he can’t be trusted to deliver progress. That requires remaking the Democratic Party.
    By Sarah Jones
  37. presidential debate
    Trump’s Conspiracy-Theory Shorthand Limits His Audience to True BelieversIn the debate and on the campaign trail, Trump constantly alludes to conservative myths that probably sound like gibberish to the uninitiated.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. 2020 democratic convention
    13 Days That Shook the Political EarthLeft for dead by some after New Hampshire, Joe Biden’s brisk comeback was one for the ages.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. vision 2020
    Hillary Clinton Rose to a Painful OccasionShe occupied a much-diminished role in this convention. But she made the case she needed to make.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. democratic national convention
    Jill Biden Promises Joe Can End Presidential Empathy DeficitIn her DNC speech, Jill Biden portrayed her husband as a man blessed with the qualities Trump most conspicuously lacks.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. vision 2020
    DNC Packs Entire Case Against Trump Into Night OneDemocrats unloaded all their Trump attack lines on Monday, as if they couldn’t count on their virtual convention drawing as large an audience again.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. the left
    What Cori Bush Means to the LeftHer upset win over a political dynasty demonstrates the left’s staying power.
    By Sarah Jones
  43. vision 2020
    Medicare for All Advocates Struggle to Launch a Democratic Platform FightIt’s tough to have a big noisy fight at a virtual convention, particularly if Bernie Sanders won’t back your revolt.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. q&a
    ‘We Should Not Surrender on This’Bernie Sanders speaks with David Wallace-Wells about the pandemic, the economy, and why Biden is prepared to make sweeping systemic change.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  45. vision 2020
    No Platform Fight for Democrats, No Platform at All for RepublicansParty platforms continue their journey toward the dustbin of history, with Dems working out their issues and the GOP recycling its 2016 platform.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. vision 2020
    Not Much ‘Democratic Disarray’ in 2020Polling indicates that backers of Biden’s primary rivals are falling into line much more solidly than did Sanders supporters in 2016.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. vision 2020
    Trump Needs an Opponent to Demonize. It’s Hard to Do That to Uncle Joe.Trump has tried and failed so far to undermine Joe Biden the way he did Hillary Clinton. He may get really desperate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. vision 2020
    Biden Ally Chris Coons Cracks Open a Door to Filibuster ReformIt’s possible that a President Biden wouldn’t have to spend too much time begging Republicans not to remain obstructionists.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. vision 2020
    Republicans Will Just Recycle Their 2016 Party PlatformWho needs a platform when Republicans have a leader whose every erratic step defines them?
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. vision 2020
    Could Biden Move Left on National Security?His party-unifying repositioning on domestic policy might extend to such topics as the Pentagon spending cuts that Sanders and Warren have promoted.
    By Ed Kilgore
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