Biden Needs to Stop Talking Down Bernie Sanders and Medicare for All Biden Needs to Stop Talking Down Bernie Sanders and Medicare for All
Don’t step into the traps Trump lays to divide a Democratic coalition that includes democratic socialists with popular ideas.
Oct 2, 2020 / John Nichols
Bernie Sanders Has Given Us a Tool Kit for Defending Against Trump’s Threat to Democracy Bernie Sanders Has Given Us a Tool Kit for Defending Against Trump’s Threat to Democracy
In a sweeping address, the senator argues for specific action to assure a peaceful transfer of power after the November election.
Sep 25, 2020 / John Nichols
Trump’s Fake Anti-War Posturing Works for Him Trump’s Fake Anti-War Posturing Works for Him
Democrats have ceded opposition to the military-industrial complex to a belligerent fraud.
Sep 9, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Dissenting Delegates Send a Medicare for All Message to Joe Biden Dissenting Delegates Send a Medicare for All Message to Joe Biden
Biden is nominated, but even some of his own delegates say that he should embrace a single-payer response to America’s health care crisis.
Aug 19, 2020 / John Nichols
The Moral Power of Michelle Obama’s Anti-Politics The Moral Power of Michelle Obama’s Anti-Politics
The former first lady makes the personal case against Donald Trump.
Aug 18, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Bernie Sanders on How He’ll Rally Progressives Bernie Sanders on How He’ll Rally Progressives
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the Vermont senator says backing Biden/Harris is the start of their work, not the finish.
Aug 17, 2020 / John Nichols
2020 Is a Great Year for #SquadPolitics. Just Ask Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib. 2020 Is a Great Year for #SquadPolitics. Just Ask Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib.
2020 is shaping up to be an even bigger year than 2018 for insurgent Democrats seeking to move the party left.
Aug 6, 2020 / John Nichols
The Democratic Party Is Setting the Stage for a Letdown The Democratic Party Is Setting the Stage for a Letdown
Taking the convention online shouldn’t mean leaving delegates in the dark.
Aug 5, 2020 / James Zogby
To Defeat Trump, Discredit His Movement, and Elect Progressives To Defeat Trump, Discredit His Movement, and Elect Progressives
An open letter by Cornel West, Barbara Ehrenreich, Frances Fox Piven, Katha Pollitt, Randall Kennedy, Michael Kazin, and more.
Aug 3, 2020 / Various Contributors
Without Medicare for All, This Isn’t ‘the Boldest Democratic Platform in American History’ Without Medicare for All, This Isn’t ‘the Boldest Democratic Platform in American History’
700 Democratic delegates signal they will oppose a platform that fails to renew the party’s commitment to establish a national health care system.
Jul 29, 2020 / John Nichols