When 20 candidates take the stage for the first Democratic presidential debate on Wednesday and Thursday, no one among them will arrive in Miami as the actual front-runner. Pundits have been telling us otherwise by pointing to polls that show Joe Biden is in the lead. It is simply too
Politicians and pundits—from both parties—would have you believe that the spate of laws criminalizing abortion in Alabama, Georgia, and other states is about reproduction. But as essential as it is for women to have agency over their own bodies, this onslaught is about democracy. Here’s how I
As executive director of the New Georgia Project, Nse Ufot is making remarkable strides in reshaping the political landscape in Georgia. She oversees NGP’s efforts to expand the voting power and political influence of black, Asian, and Latinx people by registering each of the 800,000 unregistered voters of
This is the first of a series by Aimee Allison on top political strategists who are leading America toward a new progressive political and cultural era. Tram Nguyen knows what it takes to win in swing state Virginia, and that Tuesday’s primary was a litmus test for Democrats in
Language is powerful, and opinion makers know it. Case in point: the way pundits use supposedly value-neutral words like “electability” and “viability” to handicap our Democratic presidential primary candidates. They have become buzzwords of the moment, thrown around to establish legitimacy and enforce inevitability. But what do pundits, insiders, and
Maurice Mitchell mesmerizes: He’s got that rare ability to weave big concepts together simply, often by discarding preconceptions. “Voting is one tactic,” Mitchell tells me. I’d asked him about voting rights. Every vote matters—each is amplified in significance, in fact, given trends in voting and barriers to
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