At a Friendly DNC Debate, Candidates Stress Common Strategies and Goals At a Friendly DNC Debate, Candidates Stress Common Strategies and Goals
The Democrats vying to chair the party came out swinging against Trump—but mostly left each other alone.
Jan 19, 2017 / Joan Walsh
The Koch Brothers’ Favorite Congressman Will Be in Charge of the CIA The Koch Brothers’ Favorite Congressman Will Be in Charge of the CIA
Mike Pompeo is an extremist who stokes fears of Muslims and talks of executing Edward Snowden.
Nov 18, 2016 / John Nichols
It’s Time to Diversify the Democratic Party Leadership It’s Time to Diversify the Democratic Party Leadership
Why do the people who control the party purse strings all look the same?
Nov 18, 2016 / Steve Phillips
We Must Transform the Democratic Party We Must Transform the Democratic Party
It’s time to abandon, once and for all, the party’s corporate centrism and addiction to big-dollar fund-raising.
Nov 15, 2016 / Feature / John Nichols
Bernie Sanders’s Our Revolution Faces Its First Big Test Bernie Sanders’s Our Revolution Faces Its First Big Test
The organization has invested heavily in down-ballot races where a few thousand dollars can make a crucial difference.
Nov 7, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
The Billionaire Class Is Terrified That Russ Feingold Will Return to the Senate The Billionaire Class Is Terrified That Russ Feingold Will Return to the Senate
The very rich are spending very heavily to prevent the return of a very serious reformer to the Senate.
Oct 27, 2016 / John Nichols
Zephyr Teachout Is Battling Big Money and Cynicism in One of This Year’s Tightest Congressional Races Zephyr Teachout Is Battling Big Money and Cynicism in One of This Year’s Tightest Congressional Races
Can Teachout’s radical optimism prevail in the Hudson Valley?
Oct 25, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe
Elizabeth Warren Wants President Obama to Fire His SEC Chair Elizabeth Warren Wants President Obama to Fire His SEC Chair
In an extraordinary letter, Warren highlighted several critical shortcomings at the Wall Street oversight agency.
Oct 14, 2016 / George Zornick
Mr. Bright Side Mr. Bright Side
Trump’s Gospel of Positive Thinking
Oct 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Who Is Making American Foreign Policy—the President or the War Party? Who Is Making American Foreign Policy—the President or the War Party?
The US military attack on the Syrian army gravely endangers Obama’s proposed détente with Putin in Syria and elsewhere.
Sep 21, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen