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Carl Beijer is a writer at carlbeijer.com.
Bernie Sanders is a democratic socialist, vetted after four years in the national limelight, who polls repeatedly show can demolish Trump. The media should lay to rest the dominant narrative that the United States is a center-right nation with a public committed to capitalism.
The poor and oppressed tend to pay less attention to politics. But it’s not because they’re dumb — it’s because they know the political system doesn’t work for them.
The media used to say Bernie Sanders’s coalition was too white and male. Now that that’s so obviously not true, they should admit why they really hate Bernie — his class politics.
The deck is stacked against women and people of color seeking political office. But it’s not because of a reactionary electorate — it’s because of party elites and donors.
Elizabeth Warren has a new bill that pledges to “green” the military. But it would neither attack climate emissions nor scale back the US’s enormous footprint around the world.
Forget all the other Democratic candidates: the primary will come down to Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden. If we want to beat Trump, we should stick with Bernie.
Pundits claim that Bernie has a “problem” with minority voters. But the polling is clear — Sanders is advancing a vision of politics that challenges injustice in a way that black voters broadly support.
Despite breathless claims of a deepening political cold war, Democrats made gains this month in every Republican-leaning voting group.
We can avoid a barbarous future. But we’ll have to massively redistribute wealth first.
Advocates for climate action should stop defending the rich.
Watch ThinkProgress try to link socialism to fascism, using casual dot-connecting and glib historical analysis.
Vox is wrong. Much of Trump’s support is rooted in economic issues.
The overwhelming majority of black Americans have not voted for Hillary Clinton.
There’s no evidence that anticommunism is driving opposition to Bernie Sanders. But that doesn’t stop liberal media narratives.
If you believe that our “democratic system” is essentially sound, then you can only blame sexist outcomes on voters themselves.