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Bernie Sanders

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. spooky!
    This Sexy Bernie Sanders Costume Looks … Pretty Comfy?Consider, if you will, wearing wearing mittens for Halloween.
    By Mia Mercado
  4. 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
  5. reconciliation bill
    3 Key Divides in Democrats’ Civil War Over the Biden AgendaIt’s not just progressives versus moderates.
    By Eric Levitz
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. last night on late night
    Yes, Bernie Sanders Has Seen Your MemesBut he still won’t tell you what’s in the envelope.
    By Devon Ivie
  16. power
    Please Stop Contacting the Woman Who Made Bernie’s MittensIn a matter of hours, the teacher who gave Sanders the mittens received more than 6,000 emails. But the mittens aren’t for sale.
    By Amanda Arnold
  17. 2021 inauguration
    An Encouraging Day for Democracy, and CoatsThe Republic has been damaged, but the outerwear is strong.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  18. inauguration day
    Return to Normalcy With Some Bernie Sanders MemesThe only man who dresses for January, ladies and gentlemen.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  19. fashion
    Bernie’s Inauguration Look Is Instantly IconicThe senator wore mittens made from recycled plastic bottles and carried a manila envelope.
    By Bridget Read
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. election 2020
    Bernie Sanders’s 2020 Election Prediction Is the Only One That MattersHe called it last month on The Tonight Show.
    By Megh Wright
  28. fixations
    Remember When Hillary Joked About ‘Pokémon Go to the Polls’?She was Poké-mocked and memed by non-supporters and supporters alike.
    By Kelly Conaboy
  29. good news
    Meanwhile, in Vermont …Leaves rustle. A cold wind blows. Bernard Sanders is back on the road.
    By Bridget Read
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. dnc 2020
    Colbert Takes Late Show Live for DNC With Bernie Sanders, Hillary ClintonSusan Rice and Elizabeth Warren will also stop by, virtually.
    By Halle Kiefer
  36. the left
    What Cori Bush Means to the LeftHer upset win over a political dynasty demonstrates the left’s staying power.
    By Sarah Jones
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. vision 2020
    The New York Presidential Primary Is Definitely HappeningAn appeals court affirmed a judge’s ruling that the contest, which the state had attempted to cancel, will go forward after all.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. vision 2020
    Have ‘Never Trumpers’ Become a Democratic Faction?Like the neoconservatives of the 1980s, the Never Trumpers represent a small but significant migration from one party to the other.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. vision 2020
    New York’s Democratic Presidential Primary Is Back OnA federal judge ruled that Cuomo’s decision to cancel the June 23 presidential primary violated the First and 14th Amendment rights of the candidates.
    By Matt Stieb
  48. vision 2020
    Can Democrats Force Joe Biden Off of the Ticket?With Tara Reade’s allegations now front and center, Biden skeptics are speculating about pushing him out of the nomination, but it wouldn’t be easy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. vision 2020
    New York Cancels Presidential PrimaryIt’s a move to reduce COVID-19 exposure among those who show up for the primary, but it infuriates Sanders supporters counting on winning delegates.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. the left
    Why Americans Don’t Vote Their Class AnymoreDeclining unions — and rising educational attainment — have left college-educated whites more left wing than non-college-educated ones.
    By Eric Levitz
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