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Tara Golshan

Tara Golshan

Former Politics Reporter

    Latest articles by Tara Golshan

    Politics
    Elizabeth Warren wants congressional staffers to get paid moreElizabeth Warren wants congressional staffers to get paid more
    Politics

    Warren’s latest anti-corruption plan: paying congressional staffers like all other federal employees.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Polls: Democratic voters prefer big structural changes over a return to normalcy in 2020Polls: Democratic voters prefer big structural changes over a return to normalcy in 2020
    Politics

    This could be a vulnerability in Joe Biden’s campaign message.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Sanders’s top staffers are making a pointed case against WarrenSanders’s top staffers are making a pointed case against Warren
    Politics

    The Sanders campaign says Biden is its top priority. But some staffers are going after Warren.

    By Tara Golshan and Ella Nilsen
    Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy
    Bernie Sanders’s wealth tax proposal, explainedBernie Sanders’s wealth tax proposal, explained
    Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

    Sanders’s proposal is estimated to raise $1.6 trillion more in revenue than Warren’s plan over 10 years.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Bernie Sanders wants to put credit reporting companies like Equifax out of businessBernie Sanders wants to put credit reporting companies like Equifax out of business
    Politics

    Sanders’s campaign is calling for a public credit registry, where you can get your credit score for free.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    House Democrats held the first hearing on DC statehood in 25 yearsHouse Democrats held the first hearing on DC statehood in 25 years
    Politics

    Republicans are unified in their opposition.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    How the GM workers strike makes Bernie Sanders’s case for Medicare-for-allHow the GM workers strike makes Bernie Sanders’s case for Medicare-for-all
    Politics

    Joe Biden argued Medicare-for-all would be bad for unions. Then General Motors cut health benefits to striking union workers.

    By Tara Golshan
    Did Brett Kavanaugh perjure himself during his confirmation hearing?
    Politics

    New allegations are raising questions about whether he met the very high bar for perjury.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren really do talk about trade differentlyJoe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren really do talk about trade differently
    Politics

    The 2020 Dems have radically different trade agendas — and that’s a big deal.

    By Tara Golshan and Dylan Scott
    2020 Presidential Election
    “Are you forgetting already…?”: Castro ribs Biden over health care“Are you forgetting already…?”: Castro ribs Biden over health care
    2020 Presidential Election

    Biden contradicted what his proposal would do. Then Castro went on the attack.

    By Tara Golshan