US elections 2020 Even before the recent spate of mass shootings, candidates touted comprehensive plans for stricter gun laws Kirsten Gillibrand, Julián Castro, Cory Booker and Joe Biden speak during the Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images John Kerry went pheasant hunting in Iowa weeks before the 2004 presidential […] More
This article is more than 5 months old Socialism This article is more than 5 months old ‘We’re here to win’: US democratic socialists move to center stage This article is more than 5 months old As socialism moves from the margins to the center of presidential politics, organization faces a new and welcome problem: […] More
Opinion US elections 2020 Left/right labels don’t help – we must build a fusion coalition to defeat Trumpism Reverend William Barber Candidates should be clear about how Trump targets immigrants and people of color, but those policies hurt poor white people as well The sad reality for far too long has been that no one […] More
Opinion US elections 2020 Democrats need to remember: 2020 won’t be decided by 2019’s debate responses Walter Shapiro Under the traditional model for US presidential politics, winning candidates veer left in the primaries and then scamper back for the general election ‘How self-destructive are the Democrats being as they launch the usual bidding wars to […] More
Opinion Democrats The Democratic party must control the debates – or they play into Trump’s hands Cas Mudde The debates have been treasure troves for the Trump campaign, who barely have to do their own opposition research – the Democrats are doing it for them ‘Let’s not forget that there are still more than 15 […] More
Atheism ‘I prefer non-religious’: why so few US politicians come out as atheists Non-believers remain few and far between in US politics, with atheism bringing ‘the notion of being anti-religion’, the California representative Jared Huffman explains Members of the US Congress during a prayer circle on 18 June 2015 in front of the US Capitol […] More
Opinion US elections 2020 Do Democrats win by moving left? Or is moderation the key to victory? Geoffrey Kabaservice The ideological battle for the heart of the Democratic party is far from over ‘Most of the moderates in Tuesday’s debate will not qualify for the next round of debates in September.’ Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images […] More
Florida Given the state’s notoriously close margin in elections – Trump carried the state over Clinton by 1.2% in 2016 – even the slightest swing could prove significant A person holds a sign reading Latinos for Trump on the third day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on 20 July 2016. Photograph: Carlo […] More
