Tag: president

His success four years ago may impede his second candidacy. Not only is he four years older, Bernie is no longer the only progressive in town.

It doesn’t matter if he personally wins or not, so long as his platform – and particularly Medicare for All – is victorious.

We’re supposed to believe that candidates who’ve adjusted their sails to the latest political wind are just as good as the candidate who generated the wind in the first place.

"Let's look at the bold ideas! And I'm eager that we have those discussions. And when we are able to defend the status quo let's do it, and when there's not merit to that, let's explore new ideas."

Having a vision, a clear alternative to the prevailing nihilism, is something almost everyone can get behind. Abrams showed how to do that.

The “dominionists” are using a dubious translation of the Hebrew word yirdu.

This grotesque imbalance is undermining American democracy.

Although her calm, plainspoken style had already won her something of a following, especially among her fellow lawmakers, she first became really visible to U.S. progressives nationwide in late February of 2016.

At this point, there’s not much we can do except tell every pollster we hear from that Howard Schultz should go back to selling coffee.

"The best indication of who you should vote for in the Democratic primary if you actually want progressive policy is who Wall Street doesn't like, which essentially means Bernie or Warren."