Sanders and Warren Have Very Different Plans to Fix Student Debt
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) holds a news conference to discuss his college affordability legislation in Washington on Monday June 24, 2019.Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call via AP Bernie Sanders just took his long-running war against the high cost of college to a whole new level: He’s introducing a bill to cancel all $1.6 trillion outstanding student…
Debates Matter More Than You Thought
Mother Jones illustration; Win McNamee/Getty It’s finally happening. On Wednesday, 10 Democratic candidates will take the stage in Miami for the first debate of the 2020 presidential campaign. On Thursday, 10 different Democrats will do it again. Sure, it will be entertaining. But do debates actually matter? Debates “can lose you the campaign if you…
Angry and Frustrated South Bend Residents Just Confronted Mayor Pete Over Fatal Police Shooting
The Hill/Twitter In South Bend, Indiana, a nearly two-hour town hall turned tense when mayor and presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg took questions in the aftermath of recent police-involved shooting that killed a black man. Sergeant Ryan O’Neill shot Eric Logan, 53, last Sunday while responding to reports that Logan was breaking into cars. Authorities say…
Joe Biden Touted His Abortion Rights Record at a Planned Parenthood Event. His History Tells a Different Story.
Democratic candidate Joe Biden speaks during the Poor People’s Moral Action Congress forum for presidential candidates at Trinity Washington University on Monday, June 17, 2019.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call At a Planned Parenthood candidate forum featuring most of the 2020 Democratic candidates on Saturday, former Vice President Joe Biden was adamant that he’s never waffled as…
Protesters Want Mayor Pete to Address Racial Violence in His Hometown. On the Campaign Trail, He’s Dodging the Issue.
Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during a forum on Friday, June 21, 2019, in Miami.Brynn Anderson In one of his first appearances back on the campaign trail since a white police officer shot and killed a black man in his city, South Bend mayor and 2020 Democratic hopeful Pete Buttigieg…
The 2020 Democrats are Running on an Outmoded Obama Climate Policy
Robert Nickelsberg, Getty Images All the candidates seeking the Democrats’ 2020 presidential nomination have offered climate change platforms that share a few basic tenets, yet news outlets seem to ask them the same two questions again and again: Would you rejoin the Paris climate agreement? Would you reinstate Obama-era climate rules, including the Clean Power…