Like it or not, progressive policies can save us from this crisis.

It has been a difficult week. In fact it has been a difficult couple of months, and the last week feels like it's spanned as long as another month. I had been avoiding writing about the impending COVID-19 outbreak, though following it closely, for several reasons. Mainly I am not an expert in epidemiology or…

We Don’t Need the Presidency to be Progressive

No matter what kind of voter you are, this has almost certainly been a disappointing election cycle (unless you are an excited Trump voter, in which case you are the disappointment). If you're a moderate democrat, odds are you were hoping for somebody a little more exciting and a little less senior than Joe Biden,…

Is Elizabeth Warren Counting on a Contested Convention?

I have a confession to make at the very top. I like Elizabeth Warren, and I very much want her to be president. There was a three-way tie between her and Sanders and Julian Castro for my top choice going into these primaries. And no that Castro has endorsed her, a Warren-Castro ticket is the…

The Saints come Marching in: The Democratic Primary so far

In the first week of February, the much anticipated Democratic Primary voting started, with enough watch parties and screaming fans to rival the Superbowl the day before. It was an anti-climactic and disheartening event, with a last minute, seemingly much warned about caucusing app that seemed doomed to fail and possibly compromised from the beginning…