By David Brennan* – Newsweek Former Vice President Joe Biden capped off a stunning week of electioneering with an impressive showing on Super Tuesday, emerging as the front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination despite his sluggish start to the campaign. As of early…
Editorial – The Observer Despite the fears about his electability, Bernie Sanders is the man to beat on Super Tuesday and could yet pose a real threat to Trump The battle for the US Democratic party’s presidential nomination will reach a sort of climax this week when 14 states…
By AMY GOODMAN – Democracy Now! As Bernie Sanders’s runaway win in Nevada cements his position as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, the Democratic Party establishment and much of the mainstream media are openly expressing concern about a self-described democratic…
By Corey Robin* – New York Review of Books It has been more than two weeks since the Iowa caucuses, and we still don’t know who won. That should give us pause. We don’t know in part because of a combination of technological failing and human error.
By Frank Bruni* – The New York Times Will the muddle of moderates sort itself out? The Democratic race was messy going into New Hampshire.
By William Hartung* – TomDispatch.com When it came to war, this year’s State of the Union Address, given by a president who had, at least in part, been voted into office for criticizing America’s “endless wars” and the military high command that fought them, was eerie…
Aziz Huq, Tom Ginsburg, David Landau (*) – Boston Review How other countries’ constitutions protect against political free-for-alls. As dramas go, this one was devoid of suspense.
By Mark Joseph*- Newsweek “America will never be a socialist country,” President Donald Trump declared at last year’s State of the Union address. But at least 51 percent of Americans aged 18 to 29 have a favorable view of socialism.
By Joan Walsh* – The Nation And if they do that, Bolton must release his bombshell book immediately On Saturday morning, during what Donald Trump disdained as the “Death Valley” of television viewership, the president’s lawyers made an excellent case—on behalf of the House…
By Robert Reich* – Newsweek Don’t get bogged down in the minutiae of President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial. Here are the 10 big things you need to know. 1.
