How Activists Saved Election Day in Pennsylvania How Activists Saved Election Day in Pennsylvania
Grassroots organizations filled in where the Democratic Party was absent.
Nov 16, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan
What Bernie Sanders Could Do as Secretary of Labor What Bernie Sanders Could Do as Secretary of Labor
If Biden were to embrace the idea, Sanders and a team of visionary leaders could forge a new New Deal for working Americans.
Nov 16, 2020 / John Nichols
The Politics of Joy The Politics of Joy
Just because last weekend’s surge of solidarity and celebration can’t last doesn’t mean it doesn’t matter.
Nov 14, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan
Trump’s Final Dereliction of Duty Trump’s Final Dereliction of Duty
In the twilight of his presidency, Donald Trump has retreated into fantasy, leaving Biden with a big mess.
Nov 13, 2020 / Jeet Heer
2020 Was the ‘Precarity Election’ 2020 Was the ‘Precarity Election’
Democrats’ failure to address the issue of economic precarity undermines their claim to be the party of the working class.
Nov 13, 2020 / Albena Azmanova and Marshall Auerback
We’ll Be Living In Trump’s America Long After He’s Gone We’ll Be Living In Trump’s America Long After He’s Gone
Trumpism has split America in two in a way that hasn’t been imaginable since the Civil War.
Nov 12, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt
Donald Trump Has Suffered a Defeat of Historic Proportions Donald Trump Has Suffered a Defeat of Historic Proportions
The president may deny reality, but he cannot change the fact that he is now losing the popular vote and the Electoral College by momentous margins.
Nov 12, 2020 / John Nichols
Working People Dragged Joe Biden Over the Finish Line Working People Dragged Joe Biden Over the Finish Line
But winning the election is like gaining recognition for a union. Now the real work starts.
Nov 12, 2020 / Jane McAlevey for The Nation
Not a Coup but a Cover-Up and a Con Game Not a Coup but a Cover-Up and a Con Game
Trump is refusing to concede and purging the civilian leadership of the Pentagon. The moment requires vigilance rather than panic.
Nov 11, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Democratic Voters Want More Than the Status Quo Democratic Voters Want More Than the Status Quo
The 2020 election results reinforce the imperative of the left’s agenda.
Nov 11, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage