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From the grass roots to the ballot box, we are witnessing an explosion of progressive political energy. New candidates are running for offices high and low—and they’re winning. In Next Left, these insurgent politicians let us into their lives, tell us their stories, and explain how they plan to change our country for the better.
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November 19, 2019
Bernie Sanders Is Changing Progressive Politics
In an exclusive interview, the senator talks about how the movement he helped foster is now so much bigger than just him.
John Nichols
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November 12, 2019
Barbara Lee Is Proud to be the Progressive OG
The House’s steadiest advocate for peace knows what it takes to stand up for your ideals.
John Nichols
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November 5, 2019
No More Blue Dog Democrats!
When she was in college, Jessica Cisneros interned for a moderate Democrat congressman—now she’s running against him.
John Nichols
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October 29, 2019
The Politician Amazon Is Dead Set on Defeating
Kshama Sawant is a committed socialist who has been involved in some of Seattle’s biggest workers’ and tenants’ rights fights. And now she’s up for reelection.
John Nichols
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October 22, 2019
Chesa Boudin Wants to Bring Restorative Justice to San Francisco
Boudin is running for the city’s district attorney seat to make the criminal justice system’s extreme racial and economic disparities a thing of the past.
John Nichols
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October 15, 2019
El miedo está cambiando de lado en Puerto Rico
El representante Manuel Natal Albelo es parte de un movimiento que inspira a una nueva generación de activistas y genera temor en el corazón del establecimiento.
John Nichols
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October 15, 2019
Fear Is Changing Sides in Puerto Rico
Representative Manuel Natal Albelo is part of a movement inspiring a new generation of activists, and striking fear into the heart of the establishment.
John Nichols
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October 8, 2019
How a Black, Socialist City Councilman Won His Seat in the Heart of the South
khalid kamau is taking South Fulton, Georgia, to the next level.
John Nichols
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October 1, 2019
Katherine Clark Has Been Calling for an Impeachment Inquiry for Months
This is not a normal president, and the congresswoman from Massachusetts is not satisfied with normal resistance.
John Nichols
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September 24, 2019
Chokwe Antar Lumumba: Being a Radical Means Getting to the Root Causes of Injustice
The mayor of Jackson is building a “dignity economy” to lift up Mississippi’s biggest city.
John Nichols