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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
This article is more than 6 months old US elections 2020 This article is more than 6 months old ‘You have to face a bully’: Castro brothers unite against Trump’s race-baiting This article is more than 6 months old Presidential hopeful Julián and Texas congressman Joaquin stand up with one voice against president’s anti-immigration policies […] More
US elections 2020 ‘Karl Marx failed to consider software’: billionaire Tom Steyer on inequality and his 2020 run The Democratic party mega-donor has to distinguish himself from other candidates with no widespread name recognition in the 2020 field A longtime San Francisco resident and father of four, Steyer founded the hedge fund Farallon Capital Management […] More
