The Latest New Democratic Think Tank Is a Dead End The Latest New Democratic Think Tank Is a Dead End
The Searchlight Institute, founded by former senate staffer Adam Jentelson, epitomizes the careerist tendencies of white-collar workers on the Hill.
Sep 23, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Bernie Sanders: It Is Genocide Bernie Sanders: It Is Genocide
Many experts have now concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. I agree.
Sep 17, 2025 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
Good News for Dems—Plus, Fascists and Teachers Good News for Dems—Plus, Fascists and Teachers
On this episode of Start Making Sense: John Nichols on recent special elections, and Randi Weingarten on Why Fascists Fear Teachers.
Sep 17, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Hakeem Jeffries Is the Kind of Democrat Voters Have Lost Faith In Hakeem Jeffries Is the Kind of Democrat Voters Have Lost Faith In
With most New York Democrats endorsing their party's candidate for mayor, the two minority leaders in Congress remain holdouts.
Sep 16, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.) What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.)
Trump is repaying rural voters’ loyalty by shafting them.
Sep 9, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Old, Wealthy Democrats Are Sabotaging Their Own Party Old, Wealthy Democrats Are Sabotaging Their Own Party
The problem of gerontocracy includes the donor class.
Sep 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer
People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh
The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party revoked it.
Sep 5, 2025 / Q&A / Peter Lucas
Stephen Miller Calls Democrats a “Domestic Extremist Organization” Stephen Miller Calls Democrats a “Domestic Extremist Organization”
Congressional Democrats should demand that he retract his grotesque claims or resign.
Sep 3, 2025 / Anthony Barnett
What the Democrats Can Learn From Gavin Newsom’s Trump Mockery What the Democrats Can Learn From Gavin Newsom’s Trump Mockery
As Democrats sharpen their online game, Gavin Newsom’s Trump-style jabs reveal both the risks and rewards of fighting fire with fire in an attention economy built for bluster.
Sep 3, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Democrats Flubbed the Gerrymandering Arms Race How Democrats Flubbed the Gerrymandering Arms Race
New York State is a case study in Democrats’ failure to understand the evolving political landscape.
Aug 29, 2025 / Elie Mystal