Elections

Ken Martin speaks at the “Win With Workers” rally and press conference at the DNC Midwestern Candidate Forum on January 16, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan.

Ken Martin Wants Democrats to “Win the Wellstone Way” Ken Martin Wants Democrats to “Win the Wellstone Way”

Inspired by the late senator from Minnesota, the DNC chair candidate wants to build a working-class party that organizes diverse urban-rural coalitions.

Jan 30, 2025 / John Nichols

A hand holds an iPhone. The screen shows the application DeekSeek asking,

Why DeepSeek’s Surprise Breakthrough Shouldn’t Have Come as a Surprise Why DeepSeek’s Surprise Breakthrough Shouldn’t Have Come as a Surprise

While America was busy with stock buybacks and quarterly profits, China spent decades building an integrated system linking research, manufacturing, and innovation.

Jan 30, 2025 / Corbin Trent

Springtime for Trump

Springtime for Trump Springtime for Trump

And friends.

Jan 28, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

The Emperor Has No Clothes

The Emperor Has No Clothes The Emperor Has No Clothes

It's the beginning of Trump's second term; the chaos starts now.

Jan 27, 2025 / OppArt / Robin McCarthy

President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address from the Oval Office on January 15.

Joe Biden’s Indictment Joe Biden’s Indictment

The former president’s unexpectedly powerful farewell address rightly condemned the very oligarchy he empowered.

Jan 27, 2025 / Jeet Heer

US President Donald Trump points to journalist Jim Acosta from CNN during a postelection press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2018.

CNN Surrenders to Trump CNN Surrenders to Trump

The corporate media’s commitment to fighting autocracy proves fickle.

Jan 24, 2025 / Jeet Heer

President Donald Trump and Linda McMahon, now his nominee for education secretary, at Mar-a-Lago in 2019.

Fixing the Student Loan Crisis Starts With Defending the Department of Education Fixing the Student Loan Crisis Starts With Defending the Department of Education

Borrowers stand to lose more than they could ever gain if the department is shut down.

Jan 24, 2025 / StudentNation / Sabrina Cereceres

President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on January 15, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Biden Was a Remarkably Consequential One-Term President Biden Was a Remarkably Consequential One-Term President

Inheriting a post-pandemic economy, Biden orchestrated the best recovery in the industrial world.

Jan 23, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration

High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration

Breathtaking conflicts of interest are lining oligarchs’ pockets with our tax dollars.

Jan 22, 2025 / William D. Hartung

Santa Ana Families for Fair Elections launching a campaign to expand local noncitizen voting in September 2023.

The Case for Letting Noncitizens Vote The Case for Letting Noncitizens Vote

Measures to allow local noncitizen voting failed in the last election, but that hasn’t always been the case throughout American history.

Jan 22, 2025 / StudentNation / Fatimah Azeem

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