The Democratic Platform Committee Now Has a Progressive Majority. Thanks, Bernie Sanders. The Democratic Platform Committee Now Has a Progressive Majority. Thanks, Bernie Sanders.
Sanders adds Keith Ellison, Cornel West, and Bill McKibben to a committee that also includes progressives Elijah Cummings and Barbara Lee.
May 24, 2016 / John Nichols
Progressive Women Are Running for Office All Over the Country Progressive Women Are Running for Office All Over the Country
The anti-Trump candidacies of Teachout, Jayapal, and Flores should serve as a reminder that, as important as the presidency is, the White House is not the only thing at stake in 20...
May 24, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Elizabeth Warren Takes On the ‘Gig Economy’ Elizabeth Warren Takes On the ‘Gig Economy’
It’s one of the first serious attempts by Democrats to deal with the new part-time model for work.
May 20, 2016 / George Zornick
How to Make it Easier for 50 Million Americans to Vote How to Make it Easier for 50 Million Americans to Vote
A quarter of Americans aren’t registered to vote. Automatic registration can fix that.
May 18, 2016 / Ari Berman
The Most Reliably Democratic County in America Just Sent Hillary Clinton a Signal The Most Reliably Democratic County in America Just Sent Hillary Clinton a Signal
The Democratic front-runner needs to embrace the New Deal themes that still resonate in frequently forgotten corners of America.
May 18, 2016 / John Nichols
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