Jon Walker

Contributing Writer

Jon Walker is the author of After Legalization: Understanding the Future of Marijuana Policy. He is a freelance reporter and policy analyst that focuses on health care, drug policy, and politics.

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Opinion

The COVID fear factor

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Opinion

Doomsday for bad bosses

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Opinion

5 wacky things Senate Democrats will do instead of ending the filibuster

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Opinion

Statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico only needs 50 votes

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Opinion

Will Georgia show Democrats ran the wrong campaign against Trump?

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Opinion

Abolishing the Electoral College is closer than you think

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Analysis

2020's double wave

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Analysis

How rain could decide the Senate and the fate of a Biden presidency

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Opinion

Why a Biden blowout is still the most likely result

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Opinion

It's now or never for Bernie's revolution

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Opinion

So you want to buy an election?

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Opinion

Iowa suggests Bernie Sanders has no special turnout magic

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Opinion

Why the early primaries are especially important for Bernie Sanders

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Opinion

The lessons we didn't learn from Kamala Harris

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Opinion

Did Bernie Sanders admit Medicare-for-all probably won’t pass?

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Analysis

What the Democratic primary polls might be missing

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Opinion

Cory Booker is the only Democrat with a data-driven electability argument

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Opinion

Democrats have officially given up on the economic theory of ObamaCare

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Opinion

Jon Walker

The COVID fear factor

Doomsday for bad bosses

5 wacky things Senate Democrats will do instead of ending the filibuster

Statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico only needs 50 votes

Will Georgia show Democrats ran the wrong campaign against Trump?

Abolishing the Electoral College is closer than you think

2020's double wave

How rain could decide the Senate and the fate of a Biden presidency

Why a Biden blowout is still the most likely result

It's now or never for Bernie's revolution

So you want to buy an election?

Iowa suggests Bernie Sanders has no special turnout magic

Why the early primaries are especially important for Bernie Sanders

The lessons we didn't learn from Kamala Harris

Did Bernie Sanders admit Medicare-for-all probably won’t pass?

What the Democratic primary polls might be missing

Cory Booker is the only Democrat with a data-driven electability argument

Democrats have officially given up on the economic theory of ObamaCare

A loser's approach to Medicare-for-all