Bernie Sanders on How He’ll Rally Progressives Bernie Sanders on How He’ll Rally Progressives
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the Vermont senator says backing Biden/Harris is the start of their work, not the finish.
Aug 17, 2020 / John Nichols
Progressives, Get Ready to Push Them Left Progressives, Get Ready to Push Them Left
We know the kind of transformative, structural reforms we need. Now, we just have to make them do it.
Aug 17, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage
The Working Families Party Endorses Biden and Harris The Working Families Party Endorses Biden and Harris
Beating Trump is the priority, but the progressive group says it’ll keep pressuring Biden to move left on economic, social, and racial justice issues.
Aug 14, 2020 / John Nichols
Progressives Are Rallying Behind Karen Bass for VP Progressives Are Rallying Behind Karen Bass for VP
More than 300 Democratic National Convention delegates are urging Biden to pick the Congressional Black Caucus chair.
Aug 7, 2020 / John Nichols
2020 Is a Great Year for #SquadPolitics. Just Ask Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib. 2020 Is a Great Year for #SquadPolitics. Just Ask Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib.
2020 is shaping up to be an even bigger year than 2018 for insurgent Democrats seeking to move the party left.
Aug 6, 2020 / John Nichols
To Defeat Trump, Discredit His Movement, and Elect Progressives To Defeat Trump, Discredit His Movement, and Elect Progressives
An open letter by Cornel West, Barbara Ehrenreich, Frances Fox Piven, Katha Pollitt, Randall Kennedy, Michael Kazin, and more.
Aug 3, 2020 / Various Contributors
AOC, Speaking Truth to Power AOC, Speaking Truth to Power
Accosted by fellow representative Ted Yoho, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave an extraordinary speech against misogyny that resonated widely.
Aug 3, 2020 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández, Andrea Arroyo, and Steve Brodner
The Spectre of Socialism Haunts Mike Pence The Spectre of Socialism Haunts Mike Pence
The GOP’s founders included abolitionists, radical land reformers, and activists who had joined “an experimental socialist community."
Jul 31, 2020 / John Nichols
Without Medicare for All, This Isn’t ‘the Boldest Democratic Platform in American History’ Without Medicare for All, This Isn’t ‘the Boldest Democratic Platform in American History’
700 Democratic delegates signal they will oppose a platform that fails to renew the party’s commitment to establish a national health care system.
Jul 29, 2020 / John Nichols
Diary of a Never-Ending Crisis Diary of a Never-Ending Crisis
“Keep walking, keep going, you can’t control it.”
Jul 29, 2020 / Najla Said