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April 7, 2021
One Year Ago When Bernie’s Campaign Ended, We Lost a Common Love
Of all the losses over the past year, Bernie’s campaign—the love at its core—is one we don’t talk about.
Lillian Osborne
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March 29, 2021
What Bernie Sanders Taught Democrats About Labor Solidarity
The senator is back on the front lines—rallying this time with Amazon workers in Alabama. And lots of top Democrats are joining him.
John Nichols
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March 19, 2021
Bernie Backs Covid Nurses Who Are Prepared to Strike for Humane Work Conditions
The Vermont senator’s championship of a Wisconsin health care union’s demand for a contract respecting work-life balance signals a new era of labor solidarity.
John Nichols
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March 17, 2021
Bernie Sanders Is at the Apex of His Power
The stimulus bill shows how much Sanders has changed the Democratic Party on domestic policy. Foreign policy is the next hurdle.
Jeet Heer
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March 8, 2021
Two Cheers for Joe Manchin
Democrats should let the West Virginian have his small victories while they pass big bills.
Jeet Heer
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March 1, 2021
Steve Cobble Waged a 50-Year Campaign for Justice and for Peace
The strategist who started with George McGovern, stood at Jesse Jackson’s side, and drafted Bernie Sanders into presidential politics has died.
John Nichols
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February 9, 2021
Democrats Have Inherited a Broken Senate. Can They Make It Work?
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer has his work cut out for him. Here are four ways he could make the Senate work.
John Nichols
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January 12, 2021
Progressives Know How to Turn the Page on the Trump Years. Biden Should Listen.
It is vital that the incoming president launch his administration with immediate, bold reforms to address the cascading crises facing the country.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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January 1, 2021
Expand the Postal Service in 2021
Postal workers got us through 2020 by delivering life-saving medicine and democracy-saving ballots. It’s vital that Biden build up the USPS.
John Nichols
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December 30, 2020
Increasing Pentagon Spending When People Are Going Hungry Is Madness
Even as Bernie Sanders holds up a Pentagon spending bill to force a Senate vote on $2,000 payments, most House Democrats approve another DOD blank check.
John Nichols