America had the greatest orator in modern presidential history working in the Oval Office for eight years, and millions of white people spent virtually all that time getting angrier. Violent right-wing extremism is bursting the nation at the seams, and has for generations now. We didn’t need last weekend’s twin …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren's New Plan to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
When Sen. Elizabeth Warren came forward in March to propose breaking up tech giants like Facebook and Google, the words “small business” were not necessarily at the tip of her tongue. She spoke of “freeloading billionaires” and “giant corporations,” but made no direct mention of their most immediate victims: the …
Read More »Bernie Sanders Is Not Stalin
Bernie Sanders has accomplished something no one in American politics has managed for decades: He’s uniting Democrats and Republicans. It’s early yet, but talking points for the 2020 campaign season are emerging on both sides of the aisle. Republicans and Democrats both have been trying to sell the rise of …
Read More »The 21st Democratic Presidential Candidate Has Entered the 2020 Race — Make It Stop
RS Politics Leaderboard: Ranking Crowded Field of 2020 Presidential Hopefuls Add another name to the list. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) announced on Thursday that he is running for president. He broke the news to John Dickerson on CBS This Morning. “I think this country faces two enormous challenges,” Bennet said. …
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