How the Left Can Win in the South How the Left Can Win in the South
Bernie Sanders’s crushing defeat across the South should be a wake-up call for progressives—but victory is within reach.
Jul 20, 2017 / Paul Blest
Bernie Sanders Bets on Ben Jealous Bernie Sanders Bets on Ben Jealous
With his endorsements of candidates like Jealous, Sanders is framing the next American politics.
Jul 13, 2017 / John Nichols
This Chicago Politician Is Showing How to Govern From the Left This Chicago Politician Is Showing How to Govern From the Left
In 2015, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa became the city’s youngest alderman. Then he really began breaking ground.
Jul 13, 2017 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
American Democracy Is Now Under Siege by Both Cyber-Espionage and GOP Voter Suppression American Democracy Is Now Under Siege by Both Cyber-Espionage and GOP Voter Suppression
The same Republicans who benefited from Russian hacking in the 2016 election have been suppressing the vote for years.
Jul 12, 2017 / Feature / Ari Berman
The Debate Democrats Can’t Duck The Debate Democrats Can’t Duck
The populist temper of the time is rousing citizens across the country. Politics as usual won’t suffice anymore.
Jul 11, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Meet the Vote Suppressors and Conspiracy Theorists on Trump’s ‘Election Integrity’ Commission Meet the Vote Suppressors and Conspiracy Theorists on Trump’s ‘Election Integrity’ Commission
Forty-eight states have refused to fully comply with the commission’s request for voter data, but the order has already sown chaos at state election offices.
Jul 11, 2017 / Ari Berman
Letters From the July 17-14, 2017, Issue Letters From the July 17-14, 2017, Issue
Not that unpopular… Subject, verb… violence… DNC MIA… Applause for Merkley… Perriello: promise and peril… Thoughtful space… Top keavy…
Jun 29, 2017 / Our Readers
The Republic of Rogue Island The Republic of Rogue Island
Here's what one state's radical experiment after the American Revolution can tell us about democracy today.
Jun 23, 2017 / Tom Cutterham
Jon Ossoff’s Loss Should Be a Lesson to Corporate Democrats Jon Ossoff’s Loss Should Be a Lesson to Corporate Democrats
It’s time to bury the Panera Bread strategy.
Jun 21, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan
Running for Governor, Stacey Abrams Has a Plan to Turn Georgia Blue Running for Governor, Stacey Abrams Has a Plan to Turn Georgia Blue
She united the Democratic Party’s competing wings to launch her historic campaign. Now she has to turn out a different kind of electorate.
Jun 20, 2017 / Joan Walsh