Why the Green New Deal Is So Vague About Food and Farming
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) hold a press conference on the Green New Deal outside of the Capitol on February 7, 2019. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Green New Deal resolution, released last week by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed…
Mark Kelly, Retired Astronaut and Husband of Gabby Giffords, Announces Senate Run
Matt Rourke/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Mark Kelly, the retired astronaut and husband of former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, announced Tuesday that he is running for US Senate in 2020. He will challenge Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), who in December was appointed to the Senate seat previously held by Sen.…
The One Thing All the 2020 Democratic Candidates Agree They Hate
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The field of Democratic candidates running for president in 2020 is still taking shape, but so far the contenders have agreed on one policy: Cash from corporate political action committees (PACs) is bad. That’s not an entirely new idea—in 2008 and 2012…
Cory Booker Has a Betsy DeVos Problem
Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker speaks during groundbreaking ceremonies for a mixed-use complex of charter schools and teachers housing on Feb. 9, 2012.Mel Evans/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the spring of 2012, Cory Booker delivered the keynote address at the third annual School Choice Policy Summit at a…
What It Was Like to Watch Stacey Abrams’ SOTU Response With Her Biggest Fans
Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When I profiled Stacey Abrams for Mother Jones last year, before she won the Democratic primary for governor, she seemed like Georgia’s best kept secret. Now, in her home base of Atlanta, on the eve of arguably the most important speech of her political…
David Duke Has a New Favorite Candidate for 2020: Tulsi Gabbard
Win McNamee/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since launching her campaign for president on January 11, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) has had to weather one controversy after another, from a shakeup in her campaign leadership to resurfaced allegations of her ties with nationalists and foreign autocrats. Tuesday brought more…