Democrats have been urged only to talk about pocketbook issues with Hispanic voters. But that advice is incomplete and shortsighted.
Bernie Sanders
Posted inHealth Care
Why Is the Biden Administration Continuing Trump’s Veterans Privatization Scheme?
Republican rules are encouraging worse and more expensive care through Trump-era regulations. The Department of Veterans Affairs needs to change course.
Posted inBooks
Patrick Leahy’s Long and Winding Road
At 83, the Vermonter is retiring after 48 years in the U.S. Senate, and in his new memoir, he somehow finds hope for the chamber—and the country.
Posted inPolitics
Lessons From Joe Manchin’s March to Victory
Progressives miscalculated, thinking that big proposals would change the debate, and closing their minds to the possibility of persuading their political opponents. Biden and Schumer saw the bigger picture.
Posted inPolitics
Tax the Rich, Ditch “No Labels,” and Woo the Working Class
The problem for the Democrats is less wokeness and more the insidious destroyers like Joe Manchin. Fortunately, there is a way forward.
Posted inPolitics
What Progressives Won in the Fight to Save the US Postal Service
The USPS is on the ropes, but a bipartisan deal is saving it because progressives were savvy bargainers.
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Message to Progressives: Dragging Manchin and Sinema Isn’t Working
If Bernie Sanders and the left want to move the needle, they’ll need more carrots than sticks.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Senate Democrats Have a Big New Corporate Tax Idea
Targeting out-of-control CEO pay could bring progressives and moderates together.
Posted inJuly/August 2021, Magazine, Politics
Why Joe Biden Should Listen to Bernie Sanders on Corporate Taxes
The Vermont Senator’s plan would close the pay gap between workers and executives—and be immensely popular.
Posted inHealth Care, Political Animal, Politics
Denis McDonough’s Last Chance to Fix the Department of Veterans Affairs
The slow march to the privatization of veterans’ care began on McDonough’s watch. As Biden’s VA Secretary, can he turn back the clock?
