The Best Strategy for the House Dems? Fight for Major Reforms. The Best Strategy for the House Dems? Fight for Major Reforms.
Sure, the Senate will block them. But pushing things like a Green New Deal and Medicare for All will energize grassroots activists and supercharge the coming presidential primary.
Dec 6, 2018 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage
The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption
Here’s how the incoming Democratic Congress can expose it and make the case for bold reform.
Dec 6, 2018 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Mandate for Left Leadership A Mandate for Left Leadership
Lessons from the neoliberal revolution.
Dec 5, 2018 / Feature / Kate Aronoff
Kenya’s Growth Doesn’t Help All Kenyans Kenya’s Growth Doesn’t Help All Kenyans
Despite government aims to make the country Africa’s “digital hub,” the economy remains unequal and unproductive.
Dec 4, 2018 / Sabine Cessou
What to Say to White People What to Say to White People
If Democrats need lessons on maximizing votes across the demographic divide, 2018 provides some clear examples of what to do—and what not to.
Nov 27, 2018 / Steve Phillips
GM’s Plant Closures Confirm the President is a Liar and a Fool GM’s Plant Closures Confirm the President is a Liar and a Fool
He has never cared about the men and women who build cars in places like Michigan and Ohio.
Nov 26, 2018 / John Nichols
Just Write Families Checks Just Write Families Checks
Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker have bold new plans to fight poverty, but they miss out on simpler strategy: a child allowance.
Nov 23, 2018 / Bryce Covert
What Was the Real Midterm Victory? What Was the Real Midterm Victory?
The Democratic Party is used to writing off much of the electorate. It can’t get away with that anymore.
Nov 21, 2018 / Column / Kai Wright
‘Lean In’ Has Been Discredited For Good ‘Lean In’ Has Been Discredited For Good
To defend Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg put capitalism before feminism—and democracy.
Nov 20, 2018 / Mari Uyehara
A Leftist Foreign Policy Should Reject Economic Sanctions A Leftist Foreign Policy Should Reject Economic Sanctions
The United States should use its financial powers to bust oligarchs, end tax evasion, and create a fairer world economy.
Nov 20, 2018 / Nicholas Mulder