Bernie Supporters Slam Beto O'Rourke's Progressive Bona Fides but Mostly Ignore Pot, Immigration, and War
Democratic socialists prioritize economics first.
Bernie Sanders
Can the Democrats Really Win 2020 with a New Green Deal?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks so.
Bernie Sanders Targets Walmart With Latest Anti-Corporate Crusade
After taking on Amazon, the democratic socialist has a new target: Walmart.
Stossel: Why Some Capitalists Are the Worst Enemies of Capitalism
Amazon lobbies for government favors and bad regulations.
Socialism vs. Capitalism: Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara and Economist Gene Epstein Debate
Which economic system is most effective at bringing freedom to the masses?
Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Have Big Plans for 2020: They Want to Spend More Money!
Republicans have paved the way for the Democrats' big government agenda.
Bernie Sanders, Defender of Bread Lines as Sign of Prosperity, Attacks Amazon's Corporate Lingo as 'Orwellian'
The senator has made a few past statements that one might also consider Orwellian.
Bernie Sanders Introduces a New Bill in His Latest Hit Against Amazon
The senator has accused Jeff Bezos of being subsidized by taxpayers.
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump Agree: Amazon Is Bad
Amazon pushes back after Sen. Bernie Sanders accuses them of not paying fair wages.
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Fight About Regulation Instead of Spending. That's Clever—and Dangerous.
Her corporate governance proposal hides the vast cost of her plans.
Stossel: Bernie's Digital Media Empire
Bernie Sanders has millions of viewers who watch his socialist videos.
Trump and Sanders Both Stand Against Free Trade
Will free traders find a political home in either major party?
Bernie J. Trump: Nationalism and Socialism Are Two Sides of the Same Statist Coin
No wonder they both sing the same America First tune
The Economic Ignorance of Bernie Sanders
Sanders' ideas would be just a joke if millions weren't paying attention.
Bernie Sanders' Medicare-for-All Plan Will Cost $32 Trillion Over 10 Years
Yes, that's trillion with a "t."
Sorry If You're Offended, but Socialism Leads to Misery and Destitution
Socialism is the leading man-made cause of death and misery in human existence.
Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Eliminate Cash Bail
"Our destructive and unjust cash bail process is part of our broken criminal justice system and must be ended."
Surprise! Young Socialist Beats Democrat Establishment Candidate
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blew Nancy Pelosi's potential replacement out of the water. It was the Dems "Eric Cantor moment."
Democrats' Universal Job Plan Would Be a Socialist Disaster
The economic illiteracy of Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders Has a Jobs Plan. It's Called 'Socialism.'
Can't get work? Trim hedges for the government!
Will the Democrats Blow It in 2020?
The question is whether the Democrats will lead their party on a giddy march to the left.
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Wrote a Letter to Trump About Infrastructure. It's 3 Pages of Protectionist Nonsense.
The point of infrastructure spending is to build infrastructure, not create jobs.
Stossel: How the Working Rich Improve Our Lives
Democrats complain GOP tax plan mostly helps rich people who already "take" wealth from others. Do they, really?
Chaos in Africa, Apologias in Alabama, and the Rise of Democratic Socialism
Matt Welch interviews Eli Lake, Kat Timpf, and John Nichols on SiriusXM Insight at 2 pm ET
We Read Hillary's Book So You Don't Have To
Clinton takes complete ownership for how her actions are all your fault.
Harvard's Spineless Administrators vs. Chelsea Manning: Podcast
Reason editors talk single-payer health care, Rand Paul's push to deauthorize foreign wars, and Chelsea Manning vs. Harvard.
Sanders' Medicare for All Delusion
Americans might love what Sanders offers in the way of more benefits for more people. What they would hate is paying for it.
Dave Weigel on the Democrats' Bernienomics, Trump's DACA Switcheroo, and Hillary's Surprising Book
The Fifth Column interviews the ex-Reasoner about this week's political controversies
Medicaid for All Would 'Bankrupt the Nation,' Warns Bernie Sanders—In 1987
Thirty years ago, the young Sanders thought the cost of universal coverage would be "astronomical."
Bernie Sanders' New Single Payer Plan Is a Wild Legislative Fantasy
The new plan refuses to grapple with costs or tradeoffs.
Are You Sure You Want Medicare for All?
Expanding existing government healthcare systems would also spread the reach of their already messy problems.
Hillary: I Lost Because Bernie Promised Everyone a Pony
Politicians have cultivated economic illiteracy to make their pursuit of power easier.
Millennial Socialist Moment Mostly Media Hype
Millennials may have mixed views of capitalism, but they hold socialism in even lower regard.
Bernie Sanders Links Political Rhetoric to Violence When 'Right-Wing,' Not When Perpetrated by His Own Volunteer
The senator's Jared Loughner/James Hodgkinson hypocrisy is all too common.
Bernie Sanders Says Ann Coulter Has Right to Speak at Berkeley 'Without Fear of Violence and Intimidation'
The Vermont senator defends free speech, says censorship "is a sign of intellectual weakness."
Police, Criminal Justice, and the Millennial Vote
Emily Ekins on the Latest Polling Numbers
Sanders-Cruz Healthcare Debate Rehashes Old Talking Points, Illustrates Problem of Government in Healthcare
Bernie Sanders tells a business owner he doesn't know about the hairdressing business, but he doesn't know about business at all.
Trump EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Grilled on Climate Change at Senate Hearing
'I do not believe that climate change is a hoax.'
The Neoliberal Era Is Over
Donald Trump's pro-tariff action yesterday underlines a reality long in the making: The post-Cold War neoliberal triumphalism is dead in the West.
Trump and Bernie on Trade: Dumb and Dumber
But liberals lambast Trump and love Bernie. Go figure.
Why Do Liberals Hate Trump's Trade Policies? Because Bernie Did Not Propose Them
Behold the liberal hypocrisy
Challenge Grant Time in the Reason Webathon! Because We Still Treat Presidential Politics as if (Bad) Ideas Matter
From Bernie to Hillary, from Trump to the chumps in Congress, we used the spectacle of politics to argue about the substance of policy.
Bernie Sanders Got Nearly 6 Percent of the Vote in Vermont, Even Though He Wasn't Running
And other strange tales of the 2016 results
Killer Mike Offers Self-Righteousness for Sale Package
The famed rapper and activist promises to care for cash.
