Politics

Democrats Can Win in Ohio. Will They Choose the Right Strategy?

Democrats Can Win in Ohio. Will They Choose the Right Strategy? Democrats Can Win in Ohio. Will They Choose the Right Strategy?

They must recreate the multiracial coalition that succeeded last year in Georgia and Arizona—and twice won the Buckeye State for Obama.

Mar 4, 2021 / Steve Phillips

Mother and daughter

The Pandemic Has Laid Bare the Cruel Burdens Placed on Single Mothers The Pandemic Has Laid Bare the Cruel Burdens Placed on Single Mothers

Any recovery from the pandemic must help single mothers escape poverty and gain the support they need.

Mar 4, 2021 / Aja Beech

Covid Memorial

Covid at 1 Year and Counting: The American Book of the Dead Covid at 1 Year and Counting: The American Book of the Dead

Beware the light at the end of the tunnel…

Mar 4, 2021 / Mike Davis for The Nation

Oakland

Trump Made His ‘American Carnage’ Fever Dream True Trump Made His ‘American Carnage’ Fever Dream True

In the US, 500,000 people are dead, but the toll is higher and Covid is but one measure of public health.

Mar 3, 2021 / Matt Nelson

Andrew Cuomo

Democrats Need to Hold Andrew Cuomo Accountable Democrats Need to Hold Andrew Cuomo Accountable

The New York governor’s alleged misdeeds may pale next to Trump’s and the GOP’s crimes, but a worry about double standards is no excuse to junk all standards.

Mar 3, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Woke

Woke Woke

Fighting for justice.

Mar 3, 2021 / OppArt / Mac McGill

Uber Lyft Drivers Strike

Silicon Valley’s Offer of Sectoral Bargaining Is a Trick Silicon Valley’s Offer of Sectoral Bargaining Is a Trick

If national union leaders acquiesce to the creation of a third category of worker in exchange for sectoral bargaining, collective begging will replace collective bargaining.

Mar 3, 2021 / Jane McAlevey

Capitol rioters

I’m a Military Spouse. The Capitol Attack Reminded Me of a War Zone. I’m a Military Spouse. The Capitol Attack Reminded Me of a War Zone.

Military families are unsettled by escalating violence in the US, all too familiar from their time abroad.

Mar 3, 2021 / Andrea Mazzarino

Steve Cobble

Steve Cobble Was an Architect of Hope Steve Cobble Was an Architect of Hope

The Democratic strategist and self-described long-haired antiwar hippy helped draft Bernie Sanders into presidential politics.

Mar 3, 2021 / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

VP Harris, Maybe You Were Elected for Such a Time as This

VP Harris, Maybe You Were Elected for Such a Time as This VP Harris, Maybe You Were Elected for Such a Time as This

The Byrd rule is not in the Constitution. It’s not what you swore to uphold.

Mar 2, 2021 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

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