No Mention of Gaza in the DNC’s 2024 Autopsy? Seriously? No Mention of Gaza in the DNC’s 2024 Autopsy? Seriously?
Too many Democrats still refuse to acknowledge how gravely the party was harmed by a failure to actively oppose genocide.
May 22, 2026 / John Nichols
Why Is the DNC Covering Up Its 2024 Autopsy? Why Is the DNC Covering Up Its 2024 Autopsy?
DNC chair Ken Martin has turned himself into the shifty bad guy from Fargo.
May 1, 2026 / Jeet Heer
A Major Taboo Was Broken at the DNC Last Weekend A Major Taboo Was Broken at the DNC Last Weekend
An AIPAC-specific resolution didn’t make it through the party’s meeting. But I’ve never seen such an open debate about the role of pro-Israel money before.
Apr 14, 2026 / James Zogby
We Don’t Need an Autopsy to Tell Us the Democrats Failed on Gaza We Don’t Need an Autopsy to Tell Us the Democrats Failed on Gaza
The DNC is allegedly hiding a report showing that Kamala Harris’s Gaza policy helped cost her the 2024 election. But that report won’t tell us anything we don’t already know.
Mar 5, 2026 / James Zogby
The DNC Chair Proposes Major Reforms to Limit Big Money The DNC Chair Proposes Major Reforms to Limit Big Money
Party building vs. candidate addiction has never been more urgent.
Aug 22, 2025 / Larry Cohen
Democrats Have a Gaza Problem. They Don’t Seem to Want to Fix It. Democrats Have a Gaza Problem. They Don’t Seem to Want to Fix It.
DNC chair Ken Martin is emblematic of the party elite’s decision to cling to the unacceptable status quo on Palestine and Israel—even at the risk of losing more elections.
Aug 22, 2025 / Evan Robins
Democrats Are Overperforming in 2025 Thanks to Trump and a Fresh Focus on Grassroots Organizing Democrats Are Overperforming in 2025 Thanks to Trump and a Fresh Focus on Grassroots Organizing
More than 16,000 volunteers are already in the field, creating what DNC chair Ken Martin describes as an unprecedented organizing infrastructure for a non-presidential year.
May 20, 2025 / John Nichols
Ken Martin, a Proud “Pro-Labor Progressive,” Is Elected as DNC Chair Ken Martin, a Proud “Pro-Labor Progressive,” Is Elected as DNC Chair
DNC members give a big victory to Minnesota party leader who says his politics were forged while working for the late Senator Paul Wellstone.
Jan 30, 2025 / John Nichols
James Zogby Wants to “Democratize the Democratic Party” James Zogby Wants to “Democratize the Democratic Party”
The progressive stalwart is running for DNC vice chair to “recreate the organic link between people and the party.”
Jan 27, 2025 / John Nichols
Faiz Shakir’s Late Entry Shakes Up the Race for DNC Chair Faiz Shakir’s Late Entry Shakes Up the Race for DNC Chair
The strategist who managed Bernie Sanders’s presidential race says the party needs vision and conviction “to restore a deeply damaged Democratic brand.”
Jan 16, 2025 / John Nichols