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Sanders Vows to Fight On

By Lissandra Villa

Can Bernie Sanders Win Over the Texan Suburbs?

By Lissandra Villa / Houston, Texas

The Democratic Establishment Isn't Doing Much to Stop Bernie

By Lissandra Villa / Las Vegas, Nev.

How Latino Voters Responded to the Debate

By Lissandra Villa / Las Vegas, Nev.
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Some Sanders Supporters Are Canvassing on Horseback

Sebastian is standing next to me, watching Cynthia Rifi and Brittnee Meechan approach a neighbor’s door to talk about Bernie Sanders. He looks like he might want to go have a chat with the neighbor...

By Lissandra Villa/Reno, Nev.

'We're Not Going to Let It Go.' Sanders Supporters Are Still Mad About Iowa

It’s Friday night and documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is sitting in the middle of a leaky sports facility in Manchester, watching the latest 2020 Democratic presidential debate. He laughs with joy at the giant screen...

By Lissandra Villa / Manchester, New Hampshire

Why Sanders and Buttigieg Both Won Iowa

It may be awhile before we know who technically won the Iowa caucuses, but it doesn’t really matter. In a contest that was always more about narrative than popular votes or delegates, Bernie Sanders and...

By Charlotte Alter and Lissandra Villa

How the Iowa Democratic Party Botched the Caucuses

No opportunity to practice using the technology in advance. Login issues. Difficulties reporting information. Long wait times on the phone. These were some of the sporadic but widespread problems reported throughout the state of Iowa...

By Lissandra Villa

AOC: 'Dangerous' Mistake Not to Embrace Nominee

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive rockstar who is currently Sen. Bernie Sanders’ most powerful surrogate, warns that Democrats will be making a "dangerous" mistake—and hurt their odds of beating Donald Trump in a general election—if...

By Lissandra Villa / Des Moines, Iowa

Andrew Yang Considers Who His Supporters Will Back if He's Not Viable in Iowa

Five days out from the Iowa caucuses, the race feels like a birthday party without the guests of honor. Three of the top five contenders are stuck in Washington, confined to the Capitol for the...

By Lissandra Villa / Des Moines, Iowa

Think Tank Warns Iowa Democrats: Supporting Bernie Sanders Is Good for Donald Trump

Third Way, a center-left think tank, will send roughly 300 prominent Iowa Democrats a memo on Tuesday warning that supporting Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary is what “Trump wants you to do.”...

By Lissandra Villa / Des Moines, Iowa

How Bernie Sanders Is Betting on Outrage

More than any other Democratic candidate, Sanders has channeled the outrage that a lot of voters are feeling.

By Lissandra Villa/Iowa City

Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro Endorses Senator Elizabeth Warren

Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro, who dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary last week, endorsed Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday morning, heightening buzz on social media that he is...

By Lissandra Villa

Early Endorsements Rankle Activists

For grassroots candidates running for the U.S. Senate, one big, national endorsement can make or break an entire campaign. That’s why the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee—a powerful, Washington-based organization that spends tens of millions of...

By Lissandra Villa

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Boosts Bernie Sanders's Working Class Bonafides

In her first-ever visit to Iowa this weekend, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addressed a crowd of more than 2,200 at a campaign event in Coralville on Saturday for Bernie Sanders. To help explain why...

By Lissandra Villa / Coralville, Iowa

Pelosi Visits Iowa to Discuss the Impeachment Inquiry

“Nobody comes to Congress to impeach a President”

By Lissandra Villa / Des Moines

Can Bernie Sanders Grow His Base?

“It’s hard to capture the same kind of energy two times in a row”

By Lissandra Villa / Iowa City, Iowa

California's Outages Show How Climate Change and Corporate Accountability Are Entangled

After millions of people in California were left in the dark last week when Pacific Gas & Electric, the giant utility company that provides service to much of the state, preventatively shut off power to...

By Justin Worland and Lissandra Villa

Andrew Yang's Universal Basic Income Plan Echoes a 1930s Proposal That Reshaped Social Security

Yang isn't the first to pitch the idea of giving Americans a guaranteed income

By Edwin Amenta / The Conversation

Sanders Campaign Tries to Keep Momentum

Political watchers are turning their attention to next week's primary debate

By Lissandra Villa
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