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August 20, 2020
Nick Martin
The Republican National Convention’s Carnival of White Grievance
The week’s lineup is further proof that the party’s survival depends on racist culture wars.
August 20, 2020
Walter Shapiro
The Puzzlingly Substanceless Democratic Convention
This should’ve been the perfect opportunity for Democrats to lay out their governing agenda, but it took them three days to talk about policy.
August 20, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Stories Kamala Harris Won’t Tell Anymore
In her historic DNC speech, the former prosecutor elided most of her resume to craft a different image of her record.
August 20, 2020
Alex Shephard
A Night of Magical Thinking at the Democratic Convention
Democrats are already in love with their future, in spite of the fact that Joe Biden has glossed over how he will get them there.
August 18, 2020
Walter Shapiro
The Democrats Choose Politics Over Ideological Purity
On the first night of its convention, the party showed it will invite anyone under its big tent in order to defeat Trump.
April 24, 2020
Magazine
John Patrick Leary
The Airy Ambivalence of the Moderate Politician
February 4, 2020
Walter Shapiro
The Iowa Caucuses Are Dead
RIP.
September 3, 2019
Natasha Geiling
Make Democratic Leaders Pay for Their Climate Cowardice
They're refusing to hold a debate on global warming. Voters have the power to punish them for it.
August 1, 2019
Walter Shapiro
The Democratic Party Is Culling the Field Too Soon
Candidates should be focusing on retail politicking in Iowa and New Hampshire. Instead, they're wasting money trying to meet arbitrary debate requirements.
July 3, 2019
Magazine
J.C. Pan
Democratic Rot and the Origins of American Conspiracism
Crank ideas have always flourished in times of great instability and inequality.
February 22, 2017
Clio Chang
Keith Ellison just got the worst endorsement possible.
February 16, 2017
Primary Concerns
Who Should Run the Democratic Party?
In episode 45 of Primary Concerns, DNC chairmanship candidates Tom Perez and Pete Buttigieg sit down to discuss their visions for rebuilding after Donald Trump's victory.
July 29, 2016
Michelle Legro
Four Days in Philadelphia
Photographer Susan Meiselas documented four days of protest and unity at the Democratic National Convention
July 29, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
Donald Trump and his new nemesis, “Little Guy” Michael Bloomberg, used to get along pretty well.
July 26, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
Do anti-encryption Democrats see the importance of encryption now?
July 25, 2016
Clio Chang
The first night of the DNC will be about appeasing the leftists.
July 25, 2016
James Cockayne
How the Mafia Almost Fixed the 1932 Democratic National Convention
June 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
Turns out the DNC’s opposition research on Trump was to Google him.
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