What Went Down At The CNN Democratic Debate

Sanders calls out the brutally high unemployment rate among young black men. In 2014, the unemployment rate among black men ages 18 to 24 was above 30 percent, more than double that of whites. And if anything, that understates the severity of the problem because the unemployment rate includes only people who are actively looking for work. Just 40 percent of young black men were employed in 2014, versus 60 percent for young white men. (All figures from the Current Population Survey via IPUMS.)

One question that we’ve been mulling over on the elections podcast: Is this Democratic primary nastier than the 2008 Democratic primary? We may do a special show on that question soon, and I’m curious what you think. I figure, what better place to have a conversation about political civility than Facebook? So chime in on the thread here.

Clinton stepped back from the “Vermont sends the most guns to New York” attack on stage, but her campaign seems to be sticking by it: An email from the Clinton press team just landed in my inbox with the subject line, “Vermont was #1 Per-Capita Source for Guns Recovered at New York Crime Scenes.” #spin.