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George McGovern
February 4, 2020
Walter Shapiro
The Iowa Caucuses Are Dead
RIP.
May 11, 2018
Peter-Christian Aigner, Michael Brenes
The Long, Tortured History of the Job Guarantee
How liberals, over decades, worked to undermine a proposal that has long enjoyed public support
November 7, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Democrats’ Disarray Is Good for the Party
A diverse coalition necessarily includes warring factions, and civil wars help it evolve. Bring on the recriminations!
October 11, 2017
Bob Moser
Clintonian Democrats Are Peddling Myths to Cling to Power
Centrists are falsely equating Trump with Nixon, and Sanders with McGovern, because they're scared of what a leftist party means for them.
September 13, 2017
MagazineJeet Heer
#AlwaysTrump
No matter how he leaves the White House, we'll never be rid of Trump—and all that he represents about America.
July 18, 2017
MagazineBryce Covert
Back to Work
How Democrats can win over Americans left behind in the new economy.
June 17, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Will Be Buried in an Electoral Avalanche
Recent presidential elections have been close, but this is the man to lose bigly.
February 29, 2016
Joshua Mound
What Democrats Still Don’t Get About George McGovern
The party took all the wrong lessons from his landslide loss to Richard Nixon in '72.
October 22, 2012
Timothy Noah
“Acid, Amnesty, and Abortion”: The Unlikely Source of a Legendary Smear
October 21, 2012
Rick Perlstein
George McGovern, 1922-2012: Is Decency in Politics Always Doomed?
October 21, 2012
Frank Mankiewicz
A Remembrance of George McGovern by His Former Campaign Manager
June 20, 2012
Ron Rosenbaum
Ah, Watergate!
June 11, 2012
Nate Cohn
Obama’s Problem With White, Non-College Educated Voters is Getting Worse
January 11, 2012
Timothy Noah
Majority Rules
September 24, 2011
Martin Peretz
Obama Is Finally Doing the Right Thing on Israel—For Now, At Least
August 24, 2011
Walter Shapiro
Rick Perry: The God-Fearing, Know-Nothing, Pistol-Packing Embodiment of Liberals’ Worst Nightmares
August 5, 2011
Martin Peretz
Cambridge Journal: Obama’s Callous, Ineffective Foreign Policy Blunders Onward
May 19, 2011
Mark A. Noll
Jesus and Jefferson
January 19, 2011
Jonathan Chait
Why Did Lieberman Off Himself?
December 8, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Fiscal Responsibility Is Risky

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