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US Politics Policy Concepts Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy (as of September 2019)
Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy Health care11 Where 2020 Democrats agree and disagree on Medicare-for-all Democrats’ confused, and confusing, Medicare-for-all debate Bernie Sanders’s Medicare-for-all plan, explained Joe Biden’s health care plan, explained Kamala Harris’s Medicare-for-all plan, explained How the Democratic presidential candidates would combat the opioid epidemic Elizabeth Warren’s $100 billion plan to fight the opioid epidemic, explained Kamala Harris’s plan to reduce prescription drug costs, explained America’s first-ever public option, explained by Gov. Jay Inslee Elizabeth Warren’s ambitious new bill to lower generic drug prices, explained What 2020 Democrats would do about maternal mortality rates Criminal justice14 Joe Biden’s criminal justice reform plan, explained Bernie Sanders’s criminal justice reform plan, explained Elizabeth Warren’s criminal justice reform plan, explained Kamala Harris’s criminal justice reform plan, explained Cory Booker is a genuinely distinctive Democrat on one big issue: criminal justice Cory Booker has a plan to reform the criminal justice system — without Congress The controversial 1994 crime law that Joe Biden helped write, explained Amy Klobuchar’s record as a “tough on crime” prosecutor, explained Kamala Harris’s controversial record on criminal justice, explained Joe Biden’s long record supporting the war on drugs and mass incarceration, explained Kamala Harris just introduced a bill to decriminalize marijuana Amy Klobuchar has a plan to reverse the war on drugs — and doesn’t need Congress to do it Kamala Harris wants public defenders to get paid as much as prosecutors Thousands of rape kits are currently untested. Kamala Harris has a plan to change that. Taxes and economics10 Elizabeth Warren’s proposed tax on enormous fortunes, explained Bernie Sanders’s new plan to supercharge the estate tax, explained Elizabeth Warren’s latest big idea is “economic patriotism” The big divide among 2020 Democrats over trade — and why it matters Presidential hopefuls are promising workers a $15 minimum wage Elizabeth Warren’s plan to make farming great again, explained Amy Klobuchar’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan, explained Elizabeth Warren’s vision for changing America’s trade policy, explained Michael Bennet’s plan to prevent and end recessions, explained Elizabeth Warren’s plan to expand Social Security, explained Immigration5 Julián Castro wants to radically restrict immigration enforcement Beto O’Rourke’s immigration plan would go even further on executive power than Trump Elizabeth Warren has endorsed the most radical immigration idea in the 2020 primary Elizabeth Warren’s immigration proposal goes much further than a pathway to citizenship The 2020 Democratic immigration debate, explained Climate change12 A guide to how 2020 Democrats plan to fight climate change Kamala Harris’s climate plan would take polluters to court Bernie Sanders’s Green New Deal, explained Pete Buttigieg wants the US to be carbon-neutral by the time he’s 68 Elizabeth Warren thinks corruption is why the US hasn’t acted on climate change Julián Castro’s Green New Deal frames climate as a civil rights issue Beto O’Rourke now has the most robust climate proposal of any 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s plan to tackle climate change, explained Jay Inslee promised serious climate policy and he is delivering Jay Inslee has a radical plan to phase out fossil fuel production in the US Kirsten Gillibrand wants the fossil fuel industry to pay for climate damages Jay Inslee is writing the climate plan the next president should adopt Identity and social justice11 The 2020 Democratic primary debate over reparations, explained Study: Cory Booker’s baby bonds nearly close the racial wealth gap for young adults Beto O’Rourke just unveiled a comprehensive proposal to protect LGBTQ people Julián Castro has an ambitious plan to fix American policing The Democratic debate over letting people in prison vote, explained Elizabeth Warren has a plan to narrow the wage gap for women of color Pete Buttigieg lays out his plan to help black Americans Marianne Williamson presents the 2020 Democratic primary’s first reparations plan Amy Klobuchar releases plan to fight hate crimes in wake of El Paso shooting Julián Castro released an animal welfare plan. It’s good policy — and smart politics. Julián Castro’s indigenous communities plan is a 2020 first Education7 Elizabeth Warren’s free college plan, explained Bernie Sanders’s free college proposal just got a whole lot bigger Kamala Harris’s plan to dramatically increase teacher salaries, explained Cory Booker’s massive overhaul of the Newark schools, explained Bernie Sanders is rolling out an education plan that cracks down on charter schools Joe Biden’s plan to triple spending on low-income schools, explained Democrats’ ongoing argument about free college, explained Business, labor, and tech11 Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Google, Amazon, and Facebook Amy Klobuchar enters 2020 race ready to take on Big Tech Elizabeth Warren’s new plan to make sure Amazon (and other big companies) pays corporate tax, explained Elizabeth Warren wants CEOs to go to jail when their companies behave badly The 20-year argument between Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren over bankruptcy, explained Bernie Sanders’s corporate employee ownership plan, explained Elizabeth Warren’s latest Wall Street enemy: private equity The big new plan to save unions endorsed by Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg, explained Bernie Sanders’s ambitious plan to double union membership, explained Every 2020 frontrunner’s labor platform, explained Facial recognition tech is a problem. Here’s how the Democratic candidates plan to tackle it. Family issues5 We asked all the 2020 Democrats how they’d fix child care. Here’s what they said. Kirsten Gillibrand’s new policy platform is about making parenting affordable Elizabeth Warren’s universal child care plan, explained Kamala Harris’s plan to close the gender wage gap, explained Kirsten Gillibrand is making paid family leave a defining issue in her 2020 run Foreign policy8 The 2020 Democrats’ foreign policy divide Democrats want to challenge Trump’s foreign policy in 2020. They’re still working out how. Democrats are increasingly critical of Israel. Not Pete Buttigieg. Bernie Sanders’s political revolution on foreign policy, explained John Delaney has a serious foreign policy plan Why Kirsten Gillibrand’s foreign policy plan is one of the strongest yet Why Joe Biden’s foreign policy experience is both a weakness and a strength in 2020 Joe Biden wants to restore the pre-Trump world order Guns5 Here’s where every 2020 candidate stands on guns Elizabeth Warren has a new plan to reduce gun violence by 80 percent Bernie Sanders’s record on gun control, explained Pete Buttigieg’s plan to combat domestic terrorists and pass gun control laws, explained Cory Booker’s ambitious new gun control plan, explained Abortion4 Here’s where all the 2020 Democratic candidates stand on abortion rights Elizabeth Warren just announced her abortion platform. It’s aggressive. Kamala Harris has a plan to stop states from restricting abortion access Joe Biden’s evolution on abortion, explained Government reform and anti-corruption6 2020 Democrats’ campaign finance pledges, explained Elizabeth Warren has a new plan to make voting easier The Democratic debate over filibuster reform, explained Elizabeth Warren says she wants to make it legal to indict presidents Kirsten Gillibrand’s plan to get more small donors into politics: give every voter $600 Elizabeth Warren’s new policy rollout targets Pentagon corruption Poverty and inequality4 5 anti-poverty plans from 2020 Democratic presidential contenders, explained Kamala Harris’s new basic income-style bill is so frustratingly close to being great Why Andrew Yang wants to give a random Twitter follower a $12,000 basic income Elizabeth Warren’s plan to fix America’s digital divide, explained Housing2 Cory Booker’s plan to fix the housing crisis and make renting affordable Cory Booker and Kamala Harris’s affordable housing plans, explained

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