How Did Arizona Turn Purple—and What’s Next? How Did Arizona Turn Purple—and What’s Next?
Big Democratic wins in 2022 in Arizona represent a promising trend, and progressives need to learn its lessons.
Dec 1, 2022 / Steve Phillips
Young People Made It Clear: Abortion Rights Must Be Codified Young People Made It Clear: Abortion Rights Must Be Codified
Across the country, Gen Z and millennial voters prioritized abortion during the 2022 midterm elections. Will their historic turnout be rewarded?
Nov 30, 2022 / StudentNation / Zoe Sharif
The Midterms Showed Democrats Don’t Need to Pander on Crime The Midterms Showed Democrats Don’t Need to Pander on Crime
The Democratic Party shouldn’t panic over the issue.
Nov 29, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Tale of Two Campaigns in Pennsylvania A Tale of Two Campaigns in Pennsylvania
The Shapiro and Fetterman victories show there’s more than one way to win as a Democrat.
Nov 29, 2022 / Allison Troy and Jonathan Smucker
The Terrorism We Sought Abroad Has Come Home The Terrorism We Sought Abroad Has Come Home
Of the approximately 450 politically motivated violent attacks that took place on our soil in the past decade, the majority were perpetrated by homegrown far-right extremists.
Nov 28, 2022 / Andrea Mazzarino
The Club Q Massacre and the New Culture of Lynching The Club Q Massacre and the New Culture of Lynching
Homophobic violence is fueled by the extreme right’s victim blaming.
Nov 28, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Climate Change Should Have Dominated the Midterms. It Didn’t. Climate Change Should Have Dominated the Midterms. It Didn’t.
When you think about how an ever more overheated planet is going to affect our children and grandchildren, shouldn’t global warming have been right at the top of any list?
Nov 25, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt
How We Beat an Anti-Abortion Amendment in Deep-Red Kentucky How We Beat an Anti-Abortion Amendment in Deep-Red Kentucky
The key was organizing, through which volunteers connected deeply, authentically, and vulnerably with voters who didn’t agree with them yet.
Nov 23, 2022 / Erin Heaney
Can Raphael Warnock Win an Even Tougher Runoff Election? Can Raphael Warnock Win an Even Tougher Runoff Election?
The Georgia Senate race is again in a runoff election. But this time around, it’s a lot harder for voters to participate.
Nov 23, 2022 / Joan Walsh for The Nation
Reverend Barber’s Pastoral Letter to the Democratic Party Reverend Barber’s Pastoral Letter to the Democratic Party
“I am troubled by the satisfaction many seem to have with a political reality that will lead to continued policy violence.”
Nov 22, 2022 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II