Democratic Convention 2024 | Reason Archives (original) (raw)
Kamala Harris' Freedom Flip-Flop
Harris is running away from her far-left past.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.5.2024 6:00 AM
YIMBYs' Premature Victory Dance at the DNC
Kamala Harris' promise to end the housing shortage and adopt rent control shows that YIMBY ideas are just one of several competing housing policy agendas within the Democratic Party.
Christian Britschgi | 8.27.2024 12:35 PM
Wait, Democrats Now Say They Love Freedom?
Plus: Does the government own too much land in Utah? And the latest response to Friends star Matthew Perry’s drug overdose death.
Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 8.26.2024 6:08 PM
Criminal Justice Reform Took a Back Seat at the 2024 DNC
The official Democratic Party platform no longer endorses abolishing the death penalty, decriminalizing marijuana, or repealing mandatory minimums.
C.J. Ciaramella | 8.23.2024 3:46 PM
Israelis and Palestinians Found Common Ground at the DNC. Is That Enough?
Both Israeli hostage families and Palestinian Americans want the war to end with a prisoner exchange. But that isn’t moving Democratic policy.
Matthew Petti | 8.23.2024 10:30 AM
Thank God It's Over
Plus: Harris/Walz camo hats are not for rednecks, mobility vs. density, and more...
Liz Wolfe | 8.23.2024 9:30 AM
Manufacturing Joy at the DNC
This is what 'democracy' looks like. Unfortunately.
Matt Welch | 8.23.2024 12:49 AM
Jane Coaston: What Is 'Freedom' to Democrats?
The New York Times contributor discusses the Democratic National Convention and the rhetoric of "freedom" on Just Asking Questions.
Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe | 8.22.2024 3:50 PM
Presidents Don't Create Jobs, No Matter What Bill Clinton Said
Dynamic economies operate independently of the political party of whoever was elected most recently.
Joe Lancaster | 8.22.2024 3:20 PM
Party of COVID-19 Authoritarianism Improbably Rebrands as 'Party of Freedom'
Democrats campaigning both on their pandemic record and minding your own damn business: Pick one.
Matt Welch | 8.22.2024 12:45 PM
Democrats Aren't the Freedom Party
Plus: RFK Jr.'s exit, anti-Israel protesters at the DNC, and more...
Liz Wolfe | 8.22.2024 9:38 AM
An Overorchestrated Rebellion: Dispatch From the DNC
An anticlimactic protest in Chicago reveals a tired approach to modern activism.
Nancy Rommelmann | 8.21.2024 11:14 PM
How Does the Democratic Party Actually Feel About Billionaires?
Sen. Bernie Sanders calls them "oligarchs," while Gov. J.B. Pritzker gets cheers when touting his own billionaire status.
Joe Lancaster | 8.21.2024 3:45 PM
Neither Harris Nor Her Party Perceives Any Constitutional Constraints on Gun Control
The 2024 Democratic platform devotes five paragraphs to firearm restrictions but does not even allude to the Second Amendment.
Jacob Sullum | 8.21.2024 2:55 PM
America Is Ready To Party
Which is not the same as party politics at all.
Matt Welch | 8.21.2024 1:15 PM
Nobody Cared About Bernie's Speech
Plus: Obama endorses building more housing, why CEOs are paid so much, and more...
Liz Wolfe | 8.21.2024 9:30 AM
The Democratic Party Platform Still Won't Commit to Legalizing Marijuana
Democrats' official 2024 platform praises President Joe Biden's marijuana pardons but fails to call for decriminalization.
C.J. Ciaramella | 8.20.2024 3:11 PM
Democrats Just Can't Quit Saving Our Souls
Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton bring millenarianism—and messianism—back.
Matt Welch | 8.20.2024 12:51 PM
Industrial Policy Is Alive and Well at the Democratic National Convention
Speakers at the 2024 convention bragged about the Democratic Party's willingness to give public money to private companies.
Joe Lancaster | 8.20.2024 12:10 PM
If Joe Biden Saved the Economy, Why Do We Need Kamala Harris' Price Controls?
Democrats are pushing a jarringly disconnected economic message.
Eric Boehm | 8.20.2024 11:55 AM
The Anarchist Dreams: Dispatch From the DNC
Amid hopes for peace, chaos erupts as protesters clash with police and each other.
Nancy Rommelmann | 8.20.2024 11:40 AM
All Aboard the Vasectomy Van
Plus: Protesters at the DNC, anarcho-brat summer, V.C.s supporting Trump, and more...
Liz Wolfe | 8.20.2024 9:32 AM
Democratic Platform Attacks Trump for Not Going to War
The Democratic Party wants to outhawk Republicans, denouncing Trump for deescalating with North Korea and Iran.
Matthew Petti | 8.19.2024 9:11 PM
Muted Outrage and Aspirational Crowds: Dispatch From the DNC
Early protests at the 2024 Democratic National Convention reveal uncertain momentum.
Nancy Rommelmann | 8.19.2024 5:55 PM
Democrats Unburdened by What They Have Done to Chicago
This is what you get when politics is untethered from governance.
Matt Welch | 8.19.2024 12:12 PM
DNC Readies for Protesters
Plus: Ceasefire negotiations go haywire, free vasectomies and abortions from a van in Chicago, and more...
Liz Wolfe | 8.19.2024 9:30 AM