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Tara Golshan

Tara Golshan

Former Politics Reporter

    Latest articles by Tara Golshan

    Politics
    “The details are irrelevant in terms of decision-making”: Joe Biden answers for inaccurate war story“The details are irrelevant in terms of decision-making”: Joe Biden answers for inaccurate war story
    Politics

    Biden is asking voters to focus more on his “judgment” than the “details” of his stories.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Can Democrats running for president save a journalism industry in crisis?Can Democrats running for president save a journalism industry in crisis?
    Politics

    Bernie Sanders unveiled his big plan to save journalism, expanding on ideas Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, and Andrew Yang have put out.

    By Tara Golshan and Ella Nilsen
    Explainers
    The growing narrative around Joe Biden’s gaffes, explainedThe growing narrative around Joe Biden’s gaffes, explained
    Explainers

    Biden’s gaffes are being seen through a new lens: his age.

    By Ella Nilsen and Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Colorado progressives aren’t clearing the field for John HickenlooperColorado progressives aren’t clearing the field for John Hickenlooper
    Politics

    Hickenlooper ditched presidential ambitions for a Senate bid in an increasingly Democratic Colorado.

    By Tara Golshan
    Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy
    Bernie Sanders’s Green New Deal, explainedBernie Sanders’s Green New Deal, explained
    Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

    The Vermont senator has finally put out his own plan to fight climate change. It’s big.

    By Umair Irfan and Tara Golshan
    Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy
    Bernie Sanders’s ambitious plan to double union membership, explainedBernie Sanders’s ambitious plan to double union membership, explained
    Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

    Bernie Sanders wants to end “at-will” employment, and bring industry-wide wage boards.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Trump says American Jewish Democrats are disloyal, claims “king of Israel” titleTrump says American Jewish Democrats are disloyal, claims “king of Israel” title
    Politics

    About 80 percent of American Jewish voters cast their ballots for Democratic candidates in 2018.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders’s fight on health care is really about the wealthyKamala Harris and Bernie Sanders’s fight on health care is really about the wealthy
    Politics

    The divide between Harris and Sanders on health care is deepening.

    By Tara Golshan
    Culture
    Cardi B and Bernie Sanders’s video, and her longstanding interest in politics, explainedCardi B and Bernie Sanders’s video, and her longstanding interest in politics, explained
    Culture

    The 77-year-old Vermont senator and 26-year-old Bronx rapper met in a Detroit nail salon to talk police brutality, the economy, and health care.

    By Emily Stewart and Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Steve King says without rape and incest, there wouldn’t “be any population of the world left”Steve King says without rape and incest, there wouldn’t “be any population of the world left”
    Politics

    He defended an anti-abortion bill by saying there was probably rape and incest in his ancestry.

    By Tara Golshan