Lee Carter: ‘Your Elected Representative Is Part of the Problem’ Lee Carter: ‘Your Elected Representative Is Part of the Problem’
This week on the Next Left podcast, the Virginia delegate who isn’t afraid to be called a socialist.
Jun 4, 2019 / Podcast / John Nichols
If Democrats Pull Their Punches, Donald Trump Will Knock Them Out If Democrats Pull Their Punches, Donald Trump Will Knock Them Out
Tepid Democratic candidates calling for middle ground are doomed to fail.
Jun 3, 2019 / John Nichols
Impeachment Would Affirm the Will of the People Impeachment Would Affirm the Will of the People
Trump lost the popular vote in 2016. Can we stop imagining that holding him to account would overturn the country’s general will?
May 29, 2019 / John Nichols
Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez: ‘I Was Scared, but I Did It Anyways’ Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez: ‘I Was Scared, but I Did It Anyways’
This week on Next Left we talk to Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez, one of the Democratic Socialists who now make up 10 percent of Chicago's City Council.
May 28, 2019 / Podcast / John Nichols
Socialism Is More Popular Than Donald Trump Socialism Is More Popular Than Donald Trump
The president is campaigning against socialism. New polling suggests he is failing.
May 24, 2019 / John Nichols
Bernie Sanders Does Not Need to Apologize for Opposing Wars Bernie Sanders Does Not Need to Apologize for Opposing Wars
He was absolutely right to oppose the Vietnam War and the Iraq War, and he is right to now oppose war with Iran.
May 22, 2019 / John Nichols
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Call for an Impeachment Inquiry Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Call for an Impeachment Inquiry
Representatives Mark Pocan and Pramila Jayapal recognize that “a president who thinks he’s king…is absolutely unacceptable.”
May 21, 2019 / John Nichols
Ilhan Omar: ‘There’s a Reason That I Got Elected to Be in Congress, and It Has Nothing to Do With the Fact That I’m a Refugee’ Ilhan Omar: ‘There’s a Reason That I Got Elected to Be in Congress, and It Has Nothing to Do With the Fact That I’m a Refugee’
On the first episode of our new podcast, Next Left, we talk to the trailblazing politician about how she went from refugee to US representative.
May 21, 2019 / Podcast / John Nichols
Republican Congressman Justin Amash Breaks Party Ranks to Call Trump’s Conduct Impeachable Republican Congressman Justin Amash Breaks Party Ranks to Call Trump’s Conduct Impeachable
Trump is furious that a Republican read the Mueller report and responded with an embrace of the Constitution rather than party loyalty.
May 20, 2019 / John Nichols
Congress Must Deny Trump a Blank Check for War With Iran Congress Must Deny Trump a Blank Check for War With Iran
The House and Senate should do everything in their power to prevent this president from steering this country into another quagmire.
May 15, 2019 / John Nichols