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Democratic Debates 2016
December 20, 2019
Nick Martin
Climate Change Displacement Is Not Hypothetical
The next president needs to have a plan to relocate vulnerable populations out of environmental crisis zones. At Thursday's debate, no one seemed ready.
July 12, 2016
Jeet Heer
Why Bernie Sanders Has to Join the Establishment
The future of his revolution depends on it.
April 15, 2016
Brian Beutler
Bernie Sanders Won’t Go Quietly Into the Night
Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, should be grateful that he's sticking around.
April 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
Bernie Sanders thinks we should “treat the Palestinian people with respect and dignity.” That’s a big deal.
April 15, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
Hillary Clinton is all over the place on a $15 federal minimum wage.
April 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
Sanders: Clinton’s use of “superpredator” was “a racist term and everyone knew it was a racist term.”
April 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
Hillary Clinton is using Barack Obama as a human shield.
March 10, 2016
Jeet Heer
Bernie Sanders Is Actually the Anti-Trump
Unwilling to rupture his party, Sanders has shown incredible staying power—but a possibly fatal reluctance to go for the kill.
March 10, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Highlights from the eighth Democratic debate.
March 10, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Karen Tumulty wasn’t buying Bernie’s “political revolution” answer on climate change.
March 10, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Bernie Sanders once praised Fidel Castro, and Univision wasn’t going to let him forget it.
March 10, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
Jorge Ramos is not messing around.
March 10, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
Hillary Clinton attacked Bernie Sanders on the auto bailout again.
March 10, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Sanders and Clinton promise they won’t deport children if they are president.
March 10, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
After her loss in Michigan, Hillary Clinton says she’s ready for a primary “marathon.”
March 10, 2016
Jeet Heer
Will testiness pay off again for Bernie Sanders?
March 7, 2016
Ryan Kearney
This is what it looks like when two adult presidential candidates debate policy rather than penis size.
March 7, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
On fracking, Sanders has a one word answer: “No.”
March 7, 2016
Jeet Heer
Grunge is dead, but the 1990s live on in the Democratic debates.
March 7, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
“Excuse me, I’m talking,” Bernie tells Hillary during their bailout brawl.

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