These Progressive Candidates Want to Transform LA in 2022 These Progressive Candidates Want to Transform LA in 2022
While the pandemic has made grassroots campaigning more difficult, many candidates see this moment as an opportunity.
Aug 27, 2021 / StudentNation / Joaquin Romero
Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits
In one proposal, Democrats can fund the Biden agenda and fight back against widening inequality.
Aug 25, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Making Rahm Emanuel Ambassador to Japan Would Be a Sick Joke Making Rahm Emanuel Ambassador to Japan Would Be a Sick Joke
Nominating the foul-mouthed former Chicago mayor is an insult to Japan—and a clear indication that Black lives don’t really matter.
Aug 24, 2021 / Robert L. Borosage
Great Power Politics After Afghanistan Great Power Politics After Afghanistan
Resetting the global chessboard.
Aug 24, 2021 / Michael T. Klare
Centrists Who Obstruct the Budget May “Sabotage” Democrats’ Agenda Centrists Who Obstruct the Budget May “Sabotage” Democrats’ Agenda
In a moment shaped by the pandemic, economic uncertainty, and the climate crisis, Ro Khanna says Democrats must unite behind a bold budget.
Aug 24, 2021 / John Nichols
Adam Curtis’s Modern Discontents Adam Curtis’s Modern Discontents
In his new eight-hour epic, the British filmmaker offers a globe-trotting chronicle of our times.
Aug 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano
The Centrist Who Taught the Left The Centrist Who Taught the Left
How Senator Harry Reid became the most influential mentor to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
Aug 24, 2021 / Feature / Eoin Higgins
Why Are We Minimizing the Story of the Would-Be Capitol Bomber? Why Are We Minimizing the Story of the Would-Be Capitol Bomber?
A terrorist kept police in Washington, D.C., in a six-hour standoff on Thursday. Why wasn’t it bigger news?
Aug 20, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Cut Military Spending to Deliver Covid Vaccines to the World Cut Military Spending to Deliver Covid Vaccines to the World
The US cannot police the globe and should reject isolationist anti-refugee stances. Representative Mark Pocan proposes another path for American foreign policy.
Aug 20, 2021 / John Nichols
Can Making Politics Boring Save American Democracy? Can Making Politics Boring Save American Democracy?
The Democrats are betting that making politics seem normal will appeal to enough voters to overcome GOP voter suppression efforts.
Aug 20, 2021 / Ed Burmila