Meet the New DSA-Backed Candidates Running to Give Power Back to the People in New York State Meet the New DSA-Backed Candidates Running to Give Power Back to the People in New York State
DSA’s diverse slate of candidates will bring the energy and ideas we need to keep winning big, bold change in the halls of Albany.
Jan 30, 2020 / Cynthia Nixon
Why American Socialism Failed—and How It Could Prevail Today Why American Socialism Failed—and How It Could Prevail Today
Today’s socialists march into the 2020s without the daunting roadblocks of a century ago.
Jan 30, 2020 / Ross Barkan
AOC Knows What She’s Doing AOC Knows What She’s Doing
What are the risks and benefits of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s endorsement of Bernie Sanders?
Oct 16, 2019 / Jeffrey C. Isaac
Sanders and Warren Are Widening the Democratic Party’s Left Lane Sanders and Warren Are Widening the Democratic Party’s Left Lane
They’ve dominated the discourse and upended our traditional politics.
Oct 15, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The ‘Jacobin’ Outrage About the Working Family Party’s Elizabeth Warren Endorsement Is Foolish and Unjustified The ‘Jacobin’ Outrage About the Working Family Party’s Elizabeth Warren Endorsement Is Foolish and Unjustified
Nobody owns the working class—or the warrant of “History.”
Sep 19, 2019 / Jeffrey C. Isaac
Democratic Socialists of America Seize the Day Democratic Socialists of America Seize the Day
There was plenty of conflict at the DSA’s national convention, but delegates came out of it with a clear plan for the fight ahead.
Aug 7, 2019 / Eric Blanc
What Tiffany Cabán’s Concession Means for Queens What Tiffany Cabán’s Concession Means for Queens
“Four years from now there’s going to be a movement of people who are hungry for real, transformative criminal justice reform.”
Aug 7, 2019 / Ross Barkan
Bernie Sanders’s Bold Ideas Are Transforming Democratic Politics Bernie Sanders’s Bold Ideas Are Transforming Democratic Politics
The media seems too eager to write off his profound impact on the 2020 race.
Jul 30, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
AOC Went Back to Where She Came From: New York City AOC Went Back to Where She Came From: New York City
A recent town hall on immigration shows that Ocasio-Cortez’s local support isn’t going anywhere.
Jul 24, 2019 / Celisa Calacal, Acacia Handel, and Molly Minta
The Truth About the Queens DA Recount The Truth About the Queens DA Recount
While leftists in Queens have come very far in a year, they still haven’t seized every rein of power.
Jul 11, 2019 / Ross Barkan