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Joe Biden Archive

Archives for August 2020

Culture
Michelle Obama’s superpower is her ability to connectMichelle Obama’s superpower is her ability to connect
Culture

TV is an intimate medium. In her DNC speech, Michelle Obama showed she knows how to play to it.

By Constance Grady
Politics
The DNC’s opening message: The system isn’t broken, it just feels like itThe DNC’s opening message: The system isn’t broken, it just feels like it
Politics

Bipartisanship and moderation — not revolution — defined the first night of the convention.

By Aaron Ross Coleman
A Biden presidency
Joe Biden’s plan to fix the worldJoe Biden’s plan to fix the world
A Biden presidency

“He’s looking at an across-the-board restoration project,” said a former Obama administration official.

By Alex Ward
Politics
American carnageAmerican carnage
Politics

In 2017, Trump promised to end “this American carnage.” Four years later, carnage defines his presidency.

By Ezra Klein
5 winners and 2 losers from the first night of the Democratic National Convention
Politics

Winner: Real people. Loser: Lecterns.

By Dylan Scott, Emily Stewart and 3 more
Bernie Sanders makes the progressive case for Joe Biden
Politics

Sanders drew a stark contrast between Trump and a left-leaning Biden presidency for the DNC.

By Cameron Peters
Politics
The 5 most important words in Michelle Obama’s DNC speechThe 5 most important words in Michelle Obama’s DNC speech
Politics

Democrats are telling their voters not to trust the post office.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
John Kasich makes the Republican’s case for Joe BidenJohn Kasich makes the Republican’s case for Joe Biden
Politics

“I know the measure of the man. Reasonable. Faithful. Respectful. And no one pushes Joe around.”

By Matthew Yglesias
Explainers
Convention polling bounces, explainedConvention polling bounces, explained
Explainers

Conventions usually shake up polling in the short term, but do those effects last?

By Andrew Prokop
The triumph of the Nostalgiacrats
Politics

Democrats have scheduled a convention that’s more about celebrating the past than winning the future.

By Matthew Yglesias
This is the future Joe Biden wants
A Biden presidency

But can he break from his past to get there?

By Dylan Matthews
The all-virtual Democratic National Convention, explained
Politics

“This is a very serious time”: The coronavirus has reshaped the Democratic National Convention.

By Ella Nilsen
Explainers
Kamala Harris’s foreign policy, explainedKamala Harris’s foreign policy, explained
Explainers

It’s more robust than you might think.

By Alex Ward
A Biden presidency
Joe Biden’s criminal justice reform plan, explainedJoe Biden’s criminal justice reform plan, explained
A Biden presidency

Joe Biden’s new criminal justice reform plan reverses some of the policies he helped make law.

By German Lopez
Politics
Most candidates run to the center in the general election. Biden is moving left.Most candidates run to the center in the general election. Biden is moving left.
Politics

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the Democratic Party’s leftward shift.

By Ezra Klein