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Bernie Sanders

  1. the left
    What Cori Bush Means to the LeftHer upset win over a political dynasty demonstrates the left’s staying power.
    By Sarah Jones
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  22. vision 2020
    The Post-Pandemic Trump 2024 ScenarioIf he can blame a defeat on COVID-19, Trump might decide he needs to Make America Great Again again.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. vision 2020
    Will the GOP’s Red Scare Tactics Work During the Pandemic?It’s hard to scream about socialism when your opponent is Joe Biden and you are spending trillions of dollars to prop up the economy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. vision 2020
    How Do You Campaign When You Can’t Hit the Campaign Trail?There’s no playbook for how to run a presidential campaign during a pandemic. Biden and his team are trying to write one.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  25. baronavirus
    Cardi B and Bernie Sanders Talk Coronavirus, Joe Biden in Live InterviewThe voice of the people.
    By Charu Sinha
  26. 2020 elections
    Progressive Upsets Conservative Judge After Suppressed Vote in WisconsinDespite insisting on holding an election in the middle of a pandemic to restrict voting, Wisconsin Republicans lost their grip on a key judicial seat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. vision 2020
    In a Joint Livestream, Bernie Sanders Endorses Joe BidenWhether the democratic socialist’s supporters will follow his lead is an open question.
    By Sarah Jones
  30. vision 2020
    How Biden Can Respond to the Left’s Demand for Medicare for AllBiden’s first “concessions” on health-care policy aren’t enough to satisfy progressives. He might want to emulate Warren’s two-step plan.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. last night on late night
    Don’t Stand, Don’t Stand So, Don’t Stand So Close to SNL’s Bernie Sanders“Whatever you do, stay the hell away from me.”
    By Devon Ivie
  32. vision 2020
    Bernie Sanders Was Also Done In by Bad LuckSanders did some things well and a few poorly in his 2020 bid. But from Bloomberg’s crash to the pandemic, some obstacles were out of his control.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. vision 2020
    It’s the Last Campaign for Biden and SandersReconciliation should be easier in 2020, since unlike Clinton and Sanders in 2016, the survivors don’t need to anticipate battles down the road.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. vision 2021
    President Sanders Isn’t Happening in 2021. A Political Revolution Still Could.The coronavirus crisis may be as promising a vehicle for bottom-up progressive change as the socialist senator’s campaign once was.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. baronavirus
    A Towel-Wearing Cardi B Shares Her Thoughts on Bernie SandersCardi B is dressed like a fortune teller, she has seen the future, and that future has a recession.
    By Rebecca Alter
  38. vision 2020
    Biden Inches Toward Sanders on Health Care, Student LoansBut on health care in particular, Biden’s revised plan doesn’t do much for those about to get hammered with private-health-insurance costs.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. vision 2020
    How Biden Is Trying to Win Over Bernie’s SupportersHe’s deeply unpopular with Sanders loyalists, but party unity seems less daunting than it did in 2016.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  40. the national circus
    Frank Rich: John Roberts’s Wisconsin ShameThe Chief Justice’s latest assault on minority voting rights does not bode well for November.
    By Frank Rich
  43. the jokes must go on
    Bernie Sanders Avoids Endorsing Joe Biden on The Late Show“Well, that, we’re gonna be talking to Joe.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  44. vision 2020
    Joe Biden Owes It All to African-American VotersIn retrospect, Biden’s once-improbable nomination was again and again made possible by crucial moments of support from black voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. power
    Bernie’s Fight Is Far From OverThe movement he inspired will long outlive his campaign.
    By Bridget Read
  46. vision 2020
    No, Warren Didn’t Rob Bernie of the NominationContra Trump, Biden’s margin over Sanders exceeded Warren’s total vote in many states, and her supporters’ second-place support was closely divided.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. so you want to be president
    Bernie Sanders Is Dropping Out“While this campaign is coming to an end, our movement is not,” Sanders said Wednesday.
    By Hannah Gold
  50. politics
    ‘The Movement You’ve Built Lives On’Reactions to Bernie Sanders suspending his campaign.
    By the Cut
  51. vision 2020
    Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential CampaignHis campaign once rode high, but Biden’s surge overwhelmed it and then the coronavirus overshadowed it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  52. 2020 elections
    Wisconsin Court Reinstates Tuesday’s Mid-Pandemic PrimaryAfter intense gubernatorial and legislative conflict and multiple appeals, it looks like Republicans will get the low-turnout election they wanted.
    By Ed Kilgore
  53. vision 2020
    A Virtual Democratic National Convention Seems InevitableEven if 2020 does not mark an end to national conventions, a virtual gathering brought about by the coronavirus could change them dramatically.
    By Ed Kilgore
  54. vision 2020
    How Long Can Bernie’s Campaign Survive?The postponement of primaries means Biden cannot claim the Democratic nomination until June, but a Sanders loss in Wisconsin would be damaging.
    By Ed Kilgore
  57. politics
    Seth Meyers to Interview Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren This WeekLate Night will return to TV this week with new and previously aired segments. And these two.
    By Megh Wright
  58. vision 2020
    What Happens If a Presidential Nominee Is Infected by Coronavirus?With two presumptive nominees in their mid-to-late 70s, it’s time to look at the fine print of the Constitution and party procedures.
    By Ed Kilgore
  59. the national interest
    Why Can’t Bernie Accept That Democratic Voters Didn’t Want Him?Democrats wanted to nominate a moderate. They got one. No conspiracy required.
    By Jonathan Chait
  60. coronavirus
    The Longest Day: Senate Unanimously Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus BillAfter a failed Republican effort to cut unemployment benefits, the largest emergency aid package in U.S. history passed unanimously.
    By Ed Kilgore
  61. vision 2020
    No, Democrats Aren’t Going to Dump Biden and Run CuomoIn the remote chance that Democrats do panic and decide to abandon Uncle Joe, it will be for someone who is all upside.
    By Ed Kilgore
  64. vision 2020
    Gabbard Suspends Campaign and Endorses BidenThe gadfly congresswoman from Hawaii makes a timely party-unity gesture.
    By Ed Kilgore
  65. coronavirus
    For Some Diabetes Patients, the Coronavirus May Turn a Crisis Into an EmergencyThe cost of insulin already forces some people with diabetes to ration their medicine. What will they do during a pandemic?
    By Sarah Jones
  66. vision 2020
    Now’s the Time for a Biden-Warren TicketChoosing Warren as running mate posthaste would not only help unify the Democratic Party quickly, but would elevate a figure as serious as the times.
    By Ed Kilgore
  67. democratic primaries
    Another Sweep for Joe Biden in Florida, Illinois, and ArizonaBiden wins decisively in three diverse states, with a possible primary drought approaching.
    By Ed Kilgore
  68. vision 2020
    March 17 Primary Election Results 2020: Live UpdatesJoe Biden is projected to win in Arizona, Florida, and Illinois.
    By Matt Stieb
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