Election 2020

Marie Newman

These Are the 7 Most Important Races for Progressives These Are the 7 Most Important Races for Progressives

Here are the best opportunities for the left to seize seats from establishment Democrats.

Feb 25, 2020 / Luke Kastel

Donald Trump

Trump Has Lifted the Mask From Our Empty Political Traditions Trump Has Lifted the Mask From Our Empty Political Traditions

His naked callousness has shown plainly that these rituals sometimes reveal the nonsense they’re meant to cover up.

Feb 25, 2020 / Andrew J. Bacevich

The Sanders Campaign Goes Beyond Intersectionality

The Sanders Campaign Goes Beyond Intersectionality The Sanders Campaign Goes Beyond Intersectionality

Delivering real change in peoples’ lives requires us to reject the monopoly that corporate-backed and university-based social movements hold over what counts as justice.

Feb 24, 2020 / Joanna Wuest

Chris Matthews

Why MSNBC Is Freaking Out Over Bernie Sanders Why MSNBC Is Freaking Out Over Bernie Sanders

Beholden to Never Trump partisans, the network can’t stand the Democratic Party’s shift to the left.

Feb 24, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Casino workers caucus for Bernie Sanders

How a Rank-and-File Revolt in Las Vegas Dealt Bernie a Winning Hand How a Rank-and-File Revolt in Las Vegas Dealt Bernie a Winning Hand

Inside the Bellagio caucus, a workforce made up mostly of women of color buried the “Bernie Bro” myth forever.

Feb 24, 2020 / Eric Blanc

Elizabeth Warren Is Running an Unapologetically Intersectional Campaign

Elizabeth Warren Is Running an Unapologetically Intersectional Campaign Elizabeth Warren Is Running an Unapologetically Intersectional Campaign

As much as I want Medicare for All and for the rich to pay higher taxes, that won’t cure sexism. Warren gets that.

Feb 24, 2020 / Suzanna Danuta Walters

Bernie Sanders Hits the Jackpot

Bernie Sanders Hits the Jackpot Bernie Sanders Hits the Jackpot

After Nevada, he can and must parlay newfound political capital into a sophisticated argument for why an antiestablishment message is electable.

Feb 23, 2020 / John Nichols

Trump rally in central Pennsylvania

If Progressives Want to Win, They’ll Have to Talk About White Supremacy If Progressives Want to Win, They’ll Have to Talk About White Supremacy

Racial resentment gives Trump his power. It’s time for Sanders and Warren to call it out.

Feb 21, 2020 / Steve Phillips

Sochie Nnaemeka

Sochie Nnaemeka Wants to Take On Corporate Democrats Sochie Nnaemeka Wants to Take On Corporate Democrats

The new director of the Working Families Party in New York wants to unite the left against Governor Andrew Cuomo and his austerity politics.

Feb 21, 2020 / Karina Piser

Democrats Must Reject Not Just a Billionaire but the Billionaire Class

Democrats Must Reject Not Just a Billionaire but the Billionaire Class Democrats Must Reject Not Just a Billionaire but the Billionaire Class

Sanders is right that the party cannot surrender to “a corrupt political system bought by billionaires like Mr. Bloomberg.”

Feb 20, 2020 / John Nichols

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