Op-ed
The first Democratic candidate forum was a mish-mash of self promotion with little debate, says Jules Witcover.
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Editorial
Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke and several other notable Democrats need to step up their games or they'll be forgotten contenders in 2020.
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Editorial
Here's what we expect to learn from the score of Democratic presidential candidates taking the stage in Miami.
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The Aegis Opinion
So-called 'democratic socialists' and young, idealistic Americans have ignored the history of socialism and its ultimate failure elsewhere.
Op-ed
Robert B. Reich: Sen. Elizabeth Warren's economic plan is an ambitious revival of U.S. industrial policy.
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Op-ed
There’s been a lot of commentary about whether Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax — a 2 percent annual levy on a person’s net worth between $50 million and $1 billion, and 3 percent on net worth above $1 billion — would be constitutional. Here's why it isn't.
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Op-ed
As former Vice President Joe Biden edges his way toward declaring his presidential candidacy for 2020, two prospective Democratic challengers have handed him political gifts.
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Op-ed
It's no surprise that at age 77 Bernie Sanders is trying again in 2020. But a significant difference this time around is that he will not be alone peddling his message of "revolution" and moving the party further toward liberal or progressive positions.
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Op-ed
It’s not too early to think about how the 2020 campaign can be a better one than the one we had in 2016. Toward that end, it would be useful to form a basic threshold of decency and legitimacy for anyone running in 2020 and to ask all candidates, including President Trump, to adhere to it.
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Op-ed
All these Democrats vying for the presidential nomination in 2020 will likely be overshadowed in public attention in 2019 by the news media spotlight and attention on Mr. Trump's struggle for political survival in the Oval Office over the remaining two years of his first term.
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The senator and likely presidential hopeful spoke at Morgan State University's winter commencement ceremony.
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Warren will also receive an honorary doctorate from the Baltimore-based historically black institution during the Dec. 14 ceremony.
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Politics
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand came to Baltimore to stump for Democratic candidate for governor Ben Jealous. Gillibrand joins other national Democratic figures, including former Vice President Joe Biden and senators Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in supporting Jealous.
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Politics
House approves opiod measures, but not the one Baltimore health commissioner says 'we desperately need'
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Politics
Rep. Elijah Cummings of Baltimore and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts are planning to introduce legislation Wednesday that would require $10 billion a year in federal funding to combat the opioid crisis.
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Op-ed
Those who support Roy Moore and his ilk fear that their time is running out, but they still have enough mischief in them to wreak havoc on our democracy. They are busily at work.
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Politics
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley became the latest Democrat to throw his name in as a possible candidate to lead the national party, which is searching for
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Op-ed
The idea that a political nobody like Donald Trump is held on the same plane as an experienced public servant like Hillary Clinton is offensive.
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Editorial
Senate Democrats hand President Obama a loss but it's only Round 1 in negotiations over foreign trade pact
Op-ed
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is thinking about running for president on the Democratic ticket by appealing to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's populist fans. So it is interesting that Mr. O'Malley thinks the best way to reach out to her fans is to say remarkably stupid things.
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Op-ed
Hillary Clinton, according to all the polls is the overwhelming favorite to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2016. So the tantalizing question is: Who will be standing next to her when the cheers explode and a zillion balloons cascade at the convention? Could it possibly be Sen. Elizabeth Warren?
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Politics
Here's a glimpse at what other publications are writing about former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.
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Editorial
Ted Cruz is the first but won't be the last GOP contender for 2016; Democrats should demand the same diversity of choices for their nominee.
Politics
WASHINGTON -- As he begins a two-day swing through Iowa today, Martin O'Malley is laying out a populist call to bolster Wall Street regulations in a Des Moines Register op-ed.
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Editorial
Barbara Mikulski's decision to retire from the U.S. Senate signals the end of a ground-breaking career for a one-of-a-kind Baltimorean
Maryland
Some of the nation's top university officials, including the chancellor of the University System of Maryland, are calling on Congress to roll back what they see as a byzantine and ever-expanding system of federal regulations that is costing schools millions of dollars each year.
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Politics
WASHINGTON -- Rep. John Delaney, who spent a career in financial services before running for Congress, joined President Barack Obama on Monday in calling for tougher regulations on brokers who help people plan for retirement -- offering his endorsement of a plan that is unlikely to sit well with some on Wall Street.
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Op-ed
Never in memory have so many presidential hopefuls plunged this early before an election year into the money chase to put themselves on the path to the White House. And for whatever reason, all of them are Republicans.
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Op-ed
Putting aside any optimism that the Republicans in Congress would somehow be afflicted with sweet reasonableness now that they hold the majority in both houses, President Obama has signaled that in his last two years in office he will more fully embrace the liberal Democratic agenda.
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Op-ed
As 2016 Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton joined her party's push to survive the challenges it faces in the midterm congressional elections, she took a page from the comeback playbook of another one-time presidential loser: Richard Nixon in 1966.
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Politics
Noting that student loan debt in the U.S. has ballooned to roughly $1 trillion, Sens. Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin spoke with students at Bowie State University on Thursday to draw attention to a proposal Democrats will push next week to allow borrowers to refinance their student loans.
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Op-ed
Elizabeth Warren is the Barack Obama of 2016; the role of Hillary Clinton will be played by ... Hillary Clinton, Jonah Goldberg writes
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Op-ed
The EPA and CFPB arguably have more power to issue regulations that affect our economy than any other regulatory bodies, yet they're among the worst offenders when it comes to cronyism and favoritism among their ranks. It's time Americans are clear that partisan activists and impartial regulation don't mix.
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Op-ed
Much is being made of former President Bill Clinton's swearing-in of New York's new mayor, Bill de Blasio, with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at their side at City Hall. The cameo apparently sought to declare Democratic harmony in Gotham, that supposed bastion of liberalism.
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