Charles Booker Could Have Won Charles Booker Could Have Won
If progressive organizations keep waiting for candidates to catch fire before they hop on board, we’re doomed to keep losing winnable races.
Jul 8, 2020 / Karthik Ganapathy
An Island Amid Mississippi’s Covid Madness An Island Amid Mississippi’s Covid Madness
Scenes from a pandemic: 15
Jul 8, 2020 / Makani Themba
How Progressive Victories Blow Up the Conventional Wisdom How Progressive Victories Blow Up the Conventional Wisdom
Establishment candidates deaf to the demand for change are courting defeat.
Jun 30, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
America’s Digital Divide Is an Emergency America’s Digital Divide Is an Emergency
Denying high-speed Internet to all Americans puts marginalized groups at risk.
Jun 23, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
7 Candidates You Should Know on New York and Kentucky’s Primary Ballots 7 Candidates You Should Know on New York and Kentucky’s Primary Ballots
From Jamaal Bowman in New York to Nima Kulkarni in Kentucky, voters have a robust class of progressive candidates on their June 23 ballots.
Jun 17, 2020 / Elie Mystal and John Nichols
Even in the Darkest Days of Trump’s Misrule, Hope Is Still Alive Even in the Darkest Days of Trump’s Misrule, Hope Is Still Alive
This energy needs to find expression with insurgent candidates defeating tired incumbents.
Jun 16, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Tom Cotton Is Not a Free Speech Martyr Tom Cotton Is Not a Free Speech Martyr
Addicted to the culture-war story line, pundits keep whitewashing a dangerous call to unleash the military on American citizens.
Jun 15, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Joe Biden’s Secret Weapon Is Grief Joe Biden’s Secret Weapon Is Grief
The presumptive Democratic nominee has a gift for empathy that can help him win the election. But will a mourner in chief be able to govern?
Jun 12, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx
In his Democratic primary challenge to the House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, a New York educator outlines “a progressive foreign policy.”
Jun 9, 2020 / John Nichols
The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party Is a Fight for the Future The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party Is a Fight for the Future
Henry Wallace, FDR’s vice president, argued 75 years ago that Democrats had to go big on economic and social and racial justice. That’s still true.
Jun 2, 2020 / Feature / John Nichols