Tom Steyer Has a Big Advantage in the 2020 Race: Your Email Address
Tom SteyerSteven Senne/AP As Tom Steyer kicks off his White House bid, he has one major advantage in his quest to put together a winning presidential campaign: a pair of massive email lists from organizations he founded to fight climate change and call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Steyer’s campaign has already rented…
The Essence Magazine Festival Is Now Apparently a Mandatory Campaign Stop Ahead of 2020
Kamala Harris on stage at the 25th annual Essence Festival.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)/Associated Press For 25 years, Essence Magazine’s annual New Orleans music festival has been a premiere destination for black women who want to take in some culture and maybe go on a girl’s trip. This year, the festival also played host to the Democratic…
A New Poll Shows That Trump’s Handling of Climate Change Is Deeply Unpopular
Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Zuma Is the economy the only thing saving President Donald Trump from a complete collapse in public opinion? Americans disapprove of Trump’s position on virtually every other major issue, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. While the poll shows Trump with the best approval rating of his presidency—44 percent—a majority of respondents see…
The Courts Won’t End Gerrymandering. Eric Holder Has a Plan to Fix It Without Them.
On a frigid March morning, Eric Holder strode into a brick union hall on the west side of Milwaukee, across from a credit union and an auto body shop. The Merrill Park neighborhood was once the center of the city’s Irish political machine, filled with stately Victorian houses—including the childhood home of Spencer Tracy—but it…
Joe Biden Thought His Presidential Debate Pain Was Over. Booker and Castro Have Different Plans.
mpi04/MediaPunch/AP Sen. Kamala Harris’ successful rebuke of Joe Biden’s past opposition to federally mandated busing to desegregate schools has also opened the door to attacks from his other rivals, as they continue to zero in on his defenses of problematic past stances. While many Democrats may be willing to forgive Biden’s past positions, namely his…
Julián Castro Labels Donald Trump Jr. a “Coward” For Racist Kamala Harris Attack
During last Thursday’s televised Democratic debate, the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., shared—then deleted—a tweet saying Sen. Kamala Harris wasn’t black enough to understand the problems faced by black Americans, provoking a fierce, unified backlash from Harris’s fellow presidential candidates. “Kamala Harris is implying she is descended from American Black Slaves,” alt-wing identity Ali…