Bernie Sanders for President
By ABE ASHER If Bernie Sanders beats the odds and wins the Democratic nomination and the presidency, the speech he delivered on Oct. 19 to nearly 26,000 at Queensbridge Park […]
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Kamala Harris’ Road to Nowhere
By ABE ASHER The star of the first round of Democratic debates last month in Miami was, without question, California senator Kamala Harris — her star-making moment a personal attack […]
This Is No Distraction
By ABE ASHER It has been another of those weeks in Donald Trump’s presidency that should put a knot in the stomach of every American from now until the Earth […]
The Only Ones Who Get It
By ABE ASHER On Monday in West Texas, a delegation of more than a dozen congressional Democrats toured detention facilities in which the Trump administration has been holding migrants for […]
Joe Biden is Not the Most Electable 2020 Democrat
By ABE ASHER Democratic primary voters, at this point, seem to like Joe Biden for their party’s 2020 presidential nomination. The former vice president, who launched his third bid for […]
Abolish National Borders
By ABE ASHER Borders are having a moment. Donald Trump and Brexit have made sure of that. But the current, alarming trends around borders began well before voters went to […]
Wall Street Tells You All You Need To Know About the Democratic Primary So Far
By ABE ASHER The Democratic primary for president is heating up, and, early Monday morning, Politico‘s Ben White gave us a view to how Wall Street is approaching the contest. […]
How We Can Save The Planet, Before It’s Too Late
By ABE ASHER With the implication that the President of the United States committed a federal crime, there was plenty of important and unsettling news that flew under the radar […]
Opportunity Knocks for the American Left
By ABE ASHER The story of the summer in electoral politics so far is, without a doubt, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — the 28-year-old Bronx native who stunned longtime U.S. Rep. Joe […]
Separating Families At The Border? It’s Just Part of Their Plan.
By ABE ASHER Children at the southern border of the United States are being held, separated from their parents and siblings, sometimes in warehouses, 20 to a cage, sometimes for […]
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