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Working Families Party news and analysis from The Nation

May 1, 2023

New York’s Working Families Party Came Back From the Brink. Its Departing Leader Recalls the Battle.

Andrew Cuomo declared war. Sochie Nnaemeka and allies fought back. She shares her thoughts on his successor and the state of the New York left.

Joan Walsh
November 4, 2022

Vote the Working Families Party Line

Signal your support for a more economically fair and inclusive New York.

Katrina vanden Heuvel
September 7, 2022

Yuh-Line Niou Concedes to Dan Goldman in NY’s 10th Congressional District

She and her allies strongly considered a run against him on the Working Families Party line in November, but concluded that the priority must be “defending our democracy now.”

Joan Walsh
September 1, 2022

Lessons for Progressives From Yuh-Line Niou’s Loss

Could the outcome in the NY-10 congressional race—a centrist going to Washington—have been avoided?

Joan Walsh
August 17, 2022

Can Yuh-Line Niou Unite Fractured Progressives to Win a New York Congressional Seat?

It’s complicated.

Joan Walsh
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June 28, 2021

The Political Revolution Comes to… Buffalo?

The stunning victory of socialist challenger India Walton over the city’s four-term incumbent has ignited a revolution here—if she can keep it.

Geoff Kelly
April 30, 2021

How to Stop Andrew Yang

Ranked-choice voting allows New Yorkers to block this celebrity candidate even without a clear progressive front-runner.

D.D. Guttenplan
April 29, 2021

Jamaal Bowman Explains How Progressives Will Make Biden’s Presidency Even Bolder

In response to the president’s address and in an exclusive interview with The Nation, the new congressman calls for transformative change.

John Nichols
April 23, 2021

Dianne Morales Looks for Space—and Support—on New York’s Left

Though her mayoral campaign is still polling in single digits, Morales would represent a profound break with the city’s past.

Ross Barkan
October 19, 2020

Progressives Won’t Wait for Biden to Set the Course

If Biden plans to fulfill his campaign trail promise that he’ll be the “most progressive president since FDR,” he’ll have to help lead the push for progressive policies.

Robert L. Borosage

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Working Families Party

May 1, 2023

Andrew Cuomo declared war. Sochie Nnaemeka and allies fought back. She shares her thoughts on his successor and the state of the New York left.

November 4, 2022

Signal your support for a more economically fair and inclusive New York.

September 7, 2022

She and her allies strongly considered a run against him on the Working Families Party line in November, but concluded that the priority must be “defending our democracy now.”

September 1, 2022

Could the outcome in the NY-10 congressional race—a centrist going to Washington—have been avoided?

August 17, 2022

It’s complicated.

GET UNLIMITED DIGITAL ACCESS FOR LESS THAN $3 A MONTH!

June 28, 2021

The stunning victory of socialist challenger India Walton over the city’s four-term incumbent has ignited a revolution here—if she can keep it.

April 30, 2021

Ranked-choice voting allows New Yorkers to block this celebrity candidate even without a clear progressive front-runner.

April 29, 2021

In response to the president’s address and in an exclusive interview with The Nation, the new congressman calls for transformative change.

April 23, 2021

Though her mayoral campaign is still polling in single digits, Morales would represent a profound break with the city’s past.

October 19, 2020

If Biden plans to fulfill his campaign trail promise that he’ll be the “most progressive president since FDR,” he’ll have to help lead the push for progressive policies.