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Tara Golshan

Tara Golshan

Former Politics Reporter

    Latest articles by Tara Golshan

    Politics
    How Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren handled attacks on Medicare-for-all during the second debateHow Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren handled attacks on Medicare-for-all during the second debate
    Politics

    Sanders and Warren teamed up to defend Medicare-for-all.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Bernie Sanders took Americans to Canada to prove a pointBernie Sanders took Americans to Canada to prove a point
    Politics

    It wasn’t just about Medicare-for-all.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    “You can’t call this plan Medicare for All”: The Bernie Sanders camp pans Kamala Harris’s health care plan“You can’t call this plan Medicare for All”: The Bernie Sanders camp pans Kamala Harris’s health care plan
    Politics

    Her plan, unlike Sanders’s, maintains a major role for private insurance.

    By Li Zhou and Tara Golshan
    Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy
    The 2020 Democratic immigration debate, explainedThe 2020 Democratic immigration debate, explained
    Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

    Trump’s extremism is helping 2020 Democrats avoid the really hard questions on immigration.

    By Tara Golshan
    Explainers
    Joe Biden has questions about Medicare-for-all. We answered them.Joe Biden has questions about Medicare-for-all. We answered them.
    Explainers

    “What happens in the meantime?” and other questions Joe Biden asked, answered.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    The flaw in House Democrats’ hearing strategyThe flaw in House Democrats’ hearing strategy
    Politics

    Mueller was tight-lipped.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    The surprising thing about older voters: they’re moving more to the leftThe surprising thing about older voters: they’re moving more to the left
    Politics

    The question is just how far.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Study: the US could have averted about 15,600 deaths if every state expanded MedicaidStudy: the US could have averted about 15,600 deaths if every state expanded Medicaid
    Politics

    The real impact of Republican’s rejection of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Democrats and the White House strike a budget and debt ceiling dealDemocrats and the White House strike a budget and debt ceiling deal
    Politics

    They’re on a very tight timeline to pass a budget bill.

    By Ella Nilsen and Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Mark Sanford is willing to run against Trump for president if people start talking about the debtMark Sanford is willing to run against Trump for president if people start talking about the debt
    Politics

    Sanford wants me to ask him about the deficit with more “passion” in my voice.

    By Tara Golshan

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