Libby Watson

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Despite his electoral failures, the Vermont senator has wrought incredible political shifts for a future generation to capitalize upon.

Joe Biden did just enough to survive an eerie debate overshadowed by a national emergency.

The front-runner is trying to fill Trump’s leadership vacuum, but now he must contend with gaps in his own policy proposals.

Fueled by fear of Trump and assurances of electability, primary voters have gone all in on a very big blind.

Very online vitriol can be counterproductive, but anger is often the last resort of the dispossessed.

The Massachusetts senator faltered every time she tried to be a conventional politician.

One man’s crusade to sell big business on a health care overhaul

A great nation deserves better than Monday night's comprehensive omnishambles.

That so many in the pundit class promote a candidate credibly accused of being an abusive boss says a lot about their regard for ordinary people.

A great nation deserves a raucous and argumentative primary, not a fake demonstration of unity.

A long night of wan questions and worn tropes raises the question: Can't Democrats find a better way to stage their primary debates?

With Tom Steyer surging to new heights in a spate of recent polls, it's time to take him seriously—and end this candidacy.

For all the time spent inciting spats among Democrats, moderators have barely scratched the surface of a vital policy dispute.

Obamacare failed to achieve its goals but laid the groundwork for a truly revolutionary policy.

Lawmakers will punt on crucial consumer protections against shock-and-awe hospital bills, while further eroding the Affordable Care Act.

For voters in the United Kingdom, a pretty vacant election season ends—and an uncertain future awaits.

At a Remote Area Medical clinic outside the nation's capital, doctors treat those who have fallen through the cracks in the system.

The end of Kamala Harris's campaign is being blamed on her flirtations with single-payer. Don't be so sure.

New tax filings show what soulless K Street hucksters—including Obama alumni—are willing to do for a buck.

Her plan to pass a public option before pivoting to single-payer is too clever for its own good.