Why the Time Has Come for a Green New Deal Why the Time Has Come for a Green New Deal
It’s smart politics and smart policy—and it’s enormously popular with the public.
Dec 18, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sanders and Warren Are Challenging the Post–Cold War Foreign-Policy Establishment Sanders and Warren Are Challenging the Post–Cold War Foreign-Policy Establishment
It is time to think anew. The United States needs dramatic changes in its policies and the institutions that enforce them.
Dec 11, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
If Nancy Pelosi Is the Most Progressive Candidate, She Should Be the Next Speaker If Nancy Pelosi Is the Most Progressive Candidate, She Should Be the Next Speaker
Her opponents don’t have a candidate, and they don’t have a program.
Nov 20, 2018 / John Nichols
Progressives Point the Way to Recapturing the Rural Vote Progressives Point the Way to Recapturing the Rural Vote
Democrats would do well to remember a fundamental truth that this year’s elections only amplified: Real power is built from the bottom up.
Nov 13, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Whatever Happens in the Midterms, Trump Will Get Worse Before Anything Gets Better Whatever Happens in the Midterms, Trump Will Get Worse Before Anything Gets Better
And yet—I’m headed out to vote.
Nov 6, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt
How Progressives Can Make Change on Election Day—No Matter What Happens With Congress How Progressives Can Make Change on Election Day—No Matter What Happens With Congress
Thirteen ballot initiatives that could raise wages, ban fracking, protect immigrants, and house the homeless.
Nov 5, 2018 / Cities Rising / Simon Davis-Cohen
The Resistance Is Not a Call for Restoration The Resistance Is Not a Call for Restoration
After the midterms, Democrats must embrace the insurgencies that have reenergized the people and the party.
Nov 5, 2018 / Robert L. Borosage
Voters Must Catch On to Republicans’ Con on Health Care Voters Must Catch On to Republicans’ Con on Health Care
The GOP’s duck-and-cover effort impedes a debate we need to have on providing universal coverage and increasing Social Security.
Oct 23, 2018 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day? Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day?
The distractions are relentless.
Oct 16, 2018 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Democrats Fail by Ignoring Candidates Of Color How Democrats Fail by Ignoring Candidates Of Color
New candidates will create opportunities for Democrats across the country—if the establishment is willing to back them.
Oct 10, 2018 / Steve Phillips