Danielle Allen Is Running for Massachusetts Governor to Revive American Democracy Danielle Allen Is Running for Massachusetts Governor to Revive American Democracy
Can she convince the state’s voters to put her ideas into practice?
Jan 25, 2022 / Feature / Serena Cho
Democrats Failed Forward on Voting Rights Democrats Failed Forward on Voting Rights
Biden forced the Republicans, and two Democrats, to go on record saying voting rights don’t matter—or at least, not more than preserving the filibuster.
Jan 21, 2022 / Joan Walsh for The Nation
We Wouldn’t Be in This Mess if D.C. Were a State We Wouldn’t Be in This Mess if D.C. Were a State
The problem in the Senate runs deeper than Sinema and Manchin. It’s an unrepresentative chamber that must be made more representative.
Jan 21, 2022 / John Nichols
Madison Cawthorn’s Incitement of Insurrection Should Knock Him Off the Ballot Madison Cawthorn’s Incitement of Insurrection Should Knock Him Off the Ballot
The Republican representative’s words and deeds disqualify him from office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Jan 13, 2022 / John Nichols
What a Progressive Champion From Rural Maine Can Teach Democrats About Winning What a Progressive Champion From Rural Maine Can Teach Democrats About Winning
Chloe Maxmin can show Democrats new paths to victory.
Jan 11, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Should the Left Do About China? What Should the Left Do About China?
Progressive thinkers are developing a foreign policy approach that opposes military confrontation while acknowledging Beijing’s oppressive policies.
Jan 11, 2022 / Feature / David Klion
Democracy Is on the Ballot in 2022. Summer Lee Is Ready for This Fight. Democracy Is on the Ballot in 2022. Summer Lee Is Ready for This Fight.
Midterm candidates like Pennsylvania’s Lee are prepared to hold insurrectionist Republicans to account and to boldly defend free elections.
Jan 7, 2022 / John Nichols
Defusing the Global Climate Emergency Depends on Defusing the Democracy Emergency Defusing the Global Climate Emergency Depends on Defusing the Democracy Emergency
On the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, we’re reminded that the future hinges on rejecting the two Big Lies.
Jan 6, 2022 / Mark Hertsgaard
To Avert Another January 6, Expel Coup Plotters From Congress To Avert Another January 6, Expel Coup Plotters From Congress
Representative Cori Bush is right in her read of the Constitution: Officials who give aid and comfort to insurrectionists must be removed from their positions.
Jan 5, 2022 / John Nichols
“We Have It in Our Power to Begin the World Over Again” “We Have It in Our Power to Begin the World Over Again”
Progressives can win the fight for democracy in 2022. To do so, they would do well to renew their acquaintance with Thomas Paine's wise message.
Jan 3, 2022 / John Nichols