In this edition of the FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew breaks down the results of the June 7 primary. Overall, more moderate candidates prevailed against challengers from both the right and left of both parties, although in some cases there were significant protests.
Thousands of activists demonstrated in favor of decriminalizing abortion in Buenos Aires, February 19, 2020. (Natacha Pisarenko / AP Photo) Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for the nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For more from the nationcheck out our … Read more
Demanding more: Moms 4 Housing activist Misty Cross in front of the house in Oakland, Calif., that she and other local homeless mothers occupied in 2019. (Philip Pacheco / AFP via Getty Images) Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for The Nation’s weekly newsletter. … Read more
Days after the death of George Floyd, protesters gather outside a burning car zone in Minneapolis’ Third Ward on May 28, 2020. (Mark Vancleave/Star Tribune via AP) On Jan. 11, President Biden delivered a civil rights speech in Georgia to kick-start a new one Federal Elections Act. There are, he said, “moments that are so … Read more
Illustration by Tim Robinson. Authors on the left are prevalent in academia, while liberals and centrists are dominant in much of the national media—apart from Fox News and its imitators, of course. But conservatives have long been adept at producing best-selling books that shape public opinion and even galvanize movements. Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to … Read more