DNC 2024
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A Convention That Placed Image Over Detail
What happens when the images break down?
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Say It to My Face
How Democrats learned to tell the plain truth and like it
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Second City Live
From Chicago, our reporters wrap up the Democratic National Convention.
David Dayen
Uncommitted Delegates Denied a DNC Speaker
A sit-in outside the convention in protest and support from numerous elected officials did not succeed.
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The New Kamala
She’s comfortable, joyful and, last night, authoritative. And the party helped her get there.
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The Success of Messaging at the DNC
Democrats are hitting all the notes that have eluded them.
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Big Tech’s Governing Blueprint
The Chamber of Progress, which held a briefing panel this week at the DNC, contrasts with Kamala Harris’s early approach on key issues.
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Will the Senate Take Off the Handcuffs?
The Harris-Walz ticket and every Democrat are promising big things. But the filibuster makes that agenda impossible. Will they finally remove that barrier?
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Coach Walz: Win One for the Veeper
Democrats aim for the middle of the middle of Middle America.
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The Convention Nobody Gets to See
Many of the corporate-sponsored events, and even some that aren’t, are locked down to the press.
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My Mama Loves Me
The theme for the second night of the Democratic National Convention could have been summed up in one word: Mothers.
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Hotties for Harris (Photo of Me Not Included)
It’s OK to have fun in politics.
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The Joyful Warrior and the Happy Warrior
The new and improved Democrats sound like some very old and very good Democrats of long ago.
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Shawn Fain Explicates ‘Scab’
And other observations by the UAW’s president
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Breakfast Bites: Wisconsin Showcases the New Enthusiasm for Harris-Walz Ticket
The Democratic glitterati turn out to pump up the delegates working overtime to turn the state blue.
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The Legislative Priority Question
Democrats are still in thrall to doing everything all at once.
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Palestinian Human Rights Panel Debuts at the DNC
The Uncommitted movement convinces the Democratic Party to convene a discussion on the war in Gaza.
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Chicago Protesters Explain Their Views on Voting
A dispatch from the March on the DNC
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Biden’s Farewell
The president got a late start and a rousing send-off.
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Sanders Urges Ban on Super PACs in Democratic Primaries
The Vermont senator says money in politics is out of control, Democratic Party should limit expenditures when choosing nominees.
