Winnie Wong

Winnie Wong is cofounder of People for Bernie, a former senior political adviser to the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign, and an adviser to Once Again.

Food distribution

Hunger Stalks New York’s Lower East Side Hunger Stalks New York’s Lower East Side

Thousands of businesses in Manhattan have closed, thrusting an untold number of people into economic precarity and food insecurity.

Jun 5, 2020 / Winnie Wong

Bernie Sanders rally

Let Our People Vote! Let Our People Vote!

Bernie Sanders may have dropped out, but his supporters deserve the right to vote for the policies he championed.

May 12, 2020 / Winnie Wong

Ady Barkan and Bernie Sanders

Ady Barkan Refuses to Stop Fighting for Health Care for All Ady Barkan Refuses to Stop Fighting for Health Care for All

The progressive activist, a leader in the movement to win Medicare for All, launches a new series of interviews on health care with presidential candidates.

Aug 30, 2019 / Winnie Wong

The Trump Administration’s Death Penalty Cult

The Trump Administration’s Death Penalty Cult The Trump Administration’s Death Penalty Cult

William Barr’s decision amounts to playing politics with death.

Jul 26, 2019 / Winnie Wong

‘The Menace Is Inequality’: A Conversation With Podemos’s Pablo Iglesias

‘The Menace Is Inequality’: A Conversation With Podemos’s Pablo Iglesias ‘The Menace Is Inequality’: A Conversation With Podemos’s Pablo Iglesias

The general secretary of Spain’s leading leftist party discusses how to confront global capitalism.

Jun 20, 2018 / Editorial / Winnie Wong

Toys R Us

It’s Time to Crack Down on the Toys ‘R’ Us Vulture Capitalists It’s Time to Crack Down on the Toys ‘R’ Us Vulture Capitalists

Wall Street fund barons profit as tens of thousands lose their livelihoods.

May 23, 2018 / Winnie Wong and Michael Kink

Citizens United protest

Open Letter: Let’s Sit-In to Save Democracy From the Billionaire Class Open Letter: Let’s Sit-In to Save Democracy From the Billionaire Class

More than 1,000 people have pledged to join progressive leaders in a congressional sit-in, to take our elections back from moneyed special interests.

Dec 2, 2015 / no-paywall / Rhana Bazzini, Medea Benjamin, Ben Cohen, Jodie Evans, Joseph Huff-Hannon, Lawrence Lessig, Joan Mandle, Kai Newkirk, Carlos Saavedra, Umi Selah, Paul Song, Zephyr Teachout, Cenk Uygur, and Winnie Wong

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