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Former Vice President Joe Biden is seen on a live video feed inside a concert hall of the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center being used as a media filing center during the second night of the first U.S. 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - HP1EF6S0AOWLW

What we know after the first Democratic debate

William A. Galston

Monday, July 8, 2019

Students disembark from a school bus outside The Ivy Apartments, where a man diagnosed with the Ebola virus was staying in Dallas, Texas October 1, 2014. As many as 80 people were in contact with the Dallas Ebola patient at some point, Texas health officials told NBC, marking a significant jump from the 18 people authorities had said may have been exposed to the deadly virus. Additionally, four members of the patient's family have been ordered to stay home as a precaution even though they are not showing symptoms, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement. Picture taken October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Stone

What does the debate over school segregation reveal about the Democratic primary field?

Friday, July 5, 2019

Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Courthouse in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RC198137D7A0

The citizenship question is off the census. Who wins?

William H. Frey

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Senator Kamala Harris speaks during the second night of the first Democratic presidential candidates debate in Miami, Florida, U.S. June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar - HP1EF6S09JQLS

Three women won the Democratic debates

Thursday, June 27, 2019

A girl plays with a poster during the closing campaign rally of Sandra Torres, presidential candidate for the National Unity of Hope (UNE), in Villanueva, on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Guatemala June 14, 2019. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria - RC1DED5E1700

The anger vote in times of democratic fatigue

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during the SC Democratic Convention in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., June 22, 2019. REUTERS/Randall Hill - RC12F501AA10

To boost black students, we should give free college to students who don’t need it

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Ekrem Imamoglu, mayoral candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), greets supporters at a rally of in Beylikduzu district, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 23, 2019. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan - RC144BE506D0

Erdoğan’s tactical gamble in Istanbul proves a strategic mistake

Kemal Kirişci and Ömer Taşpınar

Thursday, June 27, 2019

A woman walks past a variety of campaign banners for Democratic presidential candidates at the entrance of "Jim Clyburn's World Famous Fish Fry" in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Randall Hill - RC17A8C3A840

Are the education proposals of the Democratic presidential candidates really that liberal?

Douglas N. Harris

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

NBC News television technicians prepare for coverage of the first 2020 U.S. presidential election candidates debate, the day before 20 Democratic candidates begin a two night debate at the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center in Miami, U.S. June 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Bourg - RC1BD51E2040

What to watch for in the first Democratic debates

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at an event at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jordan Gale - RC1849B52340

Can Biden hold onto his lead?

William A. Galston

Thursday, June 20, 2019