How to Organize to Win How to Organize to Win
Rebuilding the democratic infrastructure is too important to leave up to the consultocracy.
Mar 16, 2018 / Marshall Ganz
Anti-Trump Fervor Can’t Fully Explain What Happened This Month Anti-Trump Fervor Can’t Fully Explain What Happened This Month
Democratic candidates ran on bold, progressive ideas that inspired voters.
Nov 21, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Secret to Progressives’ Electoral Success? The Secret to Progressives’ Electoral Success?
They didn’t just say NO to Trump, they offered a serious, affirmative agenda.
Nov 10, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
Why Democrats Need a 50-State Strategy Why Democrats Need a 50-State Strategy
There is a real desire for progressive solutions in every part of the country—including areas that many Democrats have, unfortunately, written off.
Oct 10, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning. No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning.
The demand for fundamental change sparked by the Sanders insurgency is still building inside and outside the Democratic Party.
May 30, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Unity Tour Was Kind of a Mess—and That’s OK The Unity Tour Was Kind of a Mess—and That’s OK
The party is still divided on policy and politics—but a full airing of differences is healthy.
Apr 24, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Taking It to the States Taking It to the States
State and local government is where the next generation of progressive voices will emerge.
Nov 22, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why the Working Class and the Left Fail as a Couple and What to Do About It Why the Working Class and the Left Fail as a Couple and What to Do About It
We have a lot to work out.
Nov 17, 2016 / Sara Niccoli
Election Night Saw Victories in Local Criminal-Justice Reform—This Should Be the Beginning Election Night Saw Victories in Local Criminal-Justice Reform—This Should Be the Beginning
Local prosecutor and sheriff races are winnable and build power.
Nov 12, 2016 / Robert J. Smith and Whitney Tymas
Bernie Sanders’s Our Revolution Faces Its First Big Test Bernie Sanders’s Our Revolution Faces Its First Big Test
The organization has invested heavily in down-ballot races where a few thousand dollars can make a crucial difference.
Nov 7, 2016 / no-paywall / D.D. Guttenplan