The Left

Charles Booker raises his fist

Charles Booker Could Have Won Charles Booker Could Have Won

If progressive organizations keep waiting for candidates to catch fire before they hop on board, we’re doomed to keep losing winnable races.

Jul 8, 2020 / Karthik Ganapathy

51 Years After Stonewall, New York’s Queer Liberation March Faces Police Violence

51 Years After Stonewall, New York’s Queer Liberation March Faces Police Violence 51 Years After Stonewall, New York’s Queer Liberation March Faces Police Violence

This is a moment of reckoning that is knitting together seemingly disparate social movements.

Jul 3, 2020 / Jay W. Walker

Kiara Williams holds a megaphone in the air that says

The White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership The White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership

The current uprisings are what class struggle in the 21st century looks like.

Jul 2, 2020 / Barbara Ransby

Bowman in front of a lectern

How Progressive Victories Blow Up the Conventional Wisdom How Progressive Victories Blow Up the Conventional Wisdom

Establishment candidates deaf to the demand for change are courting defeat.

Jun 30, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Doing the Dirty Work

Doing the Dirty Work Doing the Dirty Work

Bill Barr unleashed the National Guard on peaceful protesters in Washington D.C.

Jun 29, 2020 / OppArt / Colleen Quinn

Protesters holding up their hands

Black Lives Matter Protests Are Everywhere, Even in the Unlikeliest Places Black Lives Matter Protests Are Everywhere, Even in the Unlikeliest Places

While massive crowds and police crackdowns rocked major cities, countless other demonstrations occurred in small cities and towns—even in conservative areas with no history of prot...

Jun 25, 2020 / Zoë Carpenter

The Next Politics Is All About Movements—and It’s Winning

The Next Politics Is All About Movements—and It’s Winning The Next Politics Is All About Movements—and It’s Winning

When AOC won in 2018, it was dismissed as a fluke. Now, she says, it’s clear that “the people’s movement...isn’t an accident. It‘s a mandate.”

Jun 24, 2020 / John Nichols

Organizers

When We Don’t Say Their Names, We Deny Them Justice When We Don’t Say Their Names, We Deny Them Justice

The murders of black cis men sparked the current protests. But black women, trans, nonbinary, and queer folks are fighting for their lives too.

Jun 24, 2020 / Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa

Laptop

America’s Digital Divide Is an Emergency America’s Digital Divide Is an Emergency

Denying high-speed Internet to all Americans puts marginalized groups at risk.

Jun 23, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Officer, Why the Riot Gear? Officer, Why the Riot Gear?

Racism and brutality are entrenched into our nation's police departments.

Jun 23, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

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