Progressives Call for Action on the Yemen Blockade Progressives Call for Action on the Yemen Blockade
Nearly 80 congressional Democrats have called on the Biden administration to increase pressure on Saudi Arabia to lift the blockade immediately.
Apr 13, 2021 / Aída Chávez
Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Is Designed to Fail Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Is Designed to Fail
Biden’s recently announced commission to study court reform isn’t designed to offer solutions—it’s designed to be an excuse to do nothing.
Apr 13, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Biden Wants to Spend Even More on Defense than Trump Biden Wants to Spend Even More on Defense than Trump
The president’s plan to hike Pentagon spending draws a rebuke from progressives.
Apr 13, 2021 / John Nichols
Biden Has a Chance to End the Jail-to-Deportation Pipeline Biden Has a Chance to End the Jail-to-Deportation Pipeline
But the immigration reform bill currently making its way through Congress carries over punitive policies from previous administrations.
Apr 12, 2021 / Carla Gomez, Hena Mansori, and Sophia Gurulé
McConnell Has No Trouble With Corporate Speech—as Long as It Takes the Form of Bribery McConnell Has No Trouble With Corporate Speech—as Long as It Takes the Form of Bribery
The minority leader has a problem with corporations that call out Jim Crow voting restrictions. But he’s still happy to take their dirty money,
Apr 9, 2021 / John Nichols
Are Virginia Democrats Running Progressive Challengers Out of the 2021 Primary? Are Virginia Democrats Running Progressive Challengers Out of the 2021 Primary?
Three Black candidates primarying centrist incumbents just got blocked from the ballot for paperwork problems that candidates usually get to fix. What’s going on?
Apr 8, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Karen Carter Peterson’s Ready to Bring Some ‘Don’t Mess Around’ Progressivism to D.C. Karen Carter Peterson’s Ready to Bring Some ‘Don’t Mess Around’ Progressivism to D.C.
The New Orleans legislator is for Medicare For All, a Green New Deal, and living wages. And she knows how to call out white supremacists.
Apr 8, 2021 / John Nichols
Progressive Democrats Face Resistance on Infrastructure Progressive Democrats Face Resistance on Infrastructure
The party is split between a stubborn establishment and what some activists see as its overly conciliatory left flank.
Apr 7, 2021 / Aída Chávez
Yes, Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Justin Fairfax Just Compared Himself to Emmett Till Yes, Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Justin Fairfax Just Compared Himself to Emmett Till
He blamed front-runner Terry McAuliffe for treating him like Till and George Floyd when he faced women’s claims of sexual assault in 2019.
Apr 7, 2021 / Joan Walsh
One Year Ago When Bernie’s Campaign Ended, We Lost a Common Love One Year Ago When Bernie’s Campaign Ended, We Lost a Common Love
Of all the losses over the past year, Bernie’s campaign—the love at its core—is one we don’t talk about.
Apr 7, 2021 / Lillian Osborne