What Everyone Gets Wrong About Independent Voters What Everyone Gets Wrong About Independent Voters
Most independents are just partisans who are turned off by partisanship.
May 18, 2016 / Joshua Holland
Winning Progressive Change Is Easier Than We Think Winning Progressive Change Is Easier Than We Think
Four days of events this month will help us turn civic energy into real, transformative action.
May 18, 2016 / Ralph Nader
Obama’s Hiroshima Visit Can’t Undo the Past, but It Can Change the Future Obama’s Hiroshima Visit Can’t Undo the Past, but It Can Change the Future
The president still has time to mark a renewed commitment to a future without nuclear weapons.
May 17, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
To Win in November, Hillary Clinton Will Need Bernie Sanders’s Voters To Win in November, Hillary Clinton Will Need Bernie Sanders’s Voters
So while she, and her supporters, may resent still having to pay attention to him, they’d better learn to swallow their disappointment.
May 16, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
Bernie Sanders Says the US Must End Its ‘Colonial-Type Relationship’ With Puerto Rico Bernie Sanders Says the US Must End Its ‘Colonial-Type Relationship’ With Puerto Rico
Opposing austerity schemes that target the island, the senator rips economic injustice and political inequality.
May 16, 2016 / John Nichols
To Beat a Nasty, Brutish Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Will Have to Do Something Different To Beat a Nasty, Brutish Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Will Have to Do Something Different
Old-school triangulation and appealing to moderates is not going to work this year.
May 16, 2016 / Bruce Shapiro
Clinton and Sanders Should Fight Together for a Democratic Platform That Backs DC Statehood Clinton and Sanders Should Fight Together for a Democratic Platform That Backs DC Statehood
Sanders and Clinton are both right: DC statehood is a voting-rights issue and a democracy issue.
May 13, 2016 / John Nichols
Why Is Elizabeth Warren Working With a Pro-Trump Republican? Why Is Elizabeth Warren Working With a Pro-Trump Republican?
The champion of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party and a hard-charging conservative have found common ground.
May 13, 2016 / George Zornick
The Obama Administration Is Restarting Immigration Raids, but to What End? The Obama Administration Is Restarting Immigration Raids, but to What End?
One absolutely guaranteed consequence of these enforcement actions is that they whip immigrant communities in the US into a terrified panic.
May 13, 2016 / Julianne Hing
Bernie Sanders Keeps Winning Primaries and Keeps Shaping the Anti-Trump Agenda Bernie Sanders Keeps Winning Primaries and Keeps Shaping the Anti-Trump Agenda
The senator is still in the running, still arguing that Democrats must adopt a boldly progressive economic message.
May 11, 2016 / John Nichols