Campaigns and Elections

Khader El-Yateem

Meet the Socialist Who Hopes to Become New York’s First Arab-American Elected Official Meet the Socialist Who Hopes to Become New York’s First Arab-American Elected Official

Khader El-Yateem has ignited a diverse progressive base. Can he win over everyone else?

Sep 8, 2017 / Cities Rising / Sarah Aziza

Putin at desk

Does Putin Really Want to ‘Destabilize the West’? Does Putin Really Want to ‘Destabilize the West’?

Just as there is no forensic evidence of a Kremlin “attack on our democracy” in 2016, there is no political logic for Putin’s alleged motives.

Sep 6, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

DNC HQ

A Leak or a Hack? A Forum on the VIPS Memo A Leak or a Hack? A Forum on the VIPS Memo

A letter from dissenting members of VIPS, a reply from VIPS, and the results of our independent review.

Sep 1, 2017 / no-paywall / Various Contributors

Hillary Emails CNN

How Right-Wing Media Played the Mainstream Press in the 2016 Election How Right-Wing Media Played the Mainstream Press in the 2016 Election

Stories that originated in the right’s echo chamber were able to make the leap into the mainstream.

Sep 1, 2017 / Joshua Holland

Durham confederate statue

These Southern Cities Are at the Heart of the Struggle Against White Supremacy These Southern Cities Are at the Heart of the Struggle Against White Supremacy

Dispatches from the urban resistance, from Durham to Birmingham.

Aug 31, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias

Daenerys Targaryen and Drogon

This Season, ‘Game of Thrones’ Cut Deep This Season, ‘Game of Thrones’ Cut Deep

In a fantastically misogynist imaginary world, a highly qualified woman gets close to winning power.

Aug 31, 2017 / Katha Pollitt

Brittany Ferrell

‘Whose Streets?’ Captures the Fury and Hope of the Post-Ferguson Moment ‘Whose Streets?’ Captures the Fury and Hope of the Post-Ferguson Moment

Watching this film months after the footage was collected, with Trump in the White House, can leave you feeling sick.

Aug 30, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Voters Not Politicians

Michigan Suffers From Some of the Most Extreme Gerrymandering in the Country Michigan Suffers From Some of the Most Extreme Gerrymandering in the Country

Can a group of grassroots activists change that?

Aug 29, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

Mitch McConnell

Against Trump, Republicans Are All Talk and No Action Against Trump, Republicans Are All Talk and No Action

As long as Republicans fail to show the moral or political courage to hold Trump accountable, the whole party is complicit.

Aug 29, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sean Hannity on Fox News

Seth Rich, Conspiracy Theorists, and Russiagate ‘Truthers’ Seth Rich, Conspiracy Theorists, and Russiagate ‘Truthers’

The murder of a DNC staffer has been shamelessly manipulated by Fox News, WikiLeaks—and possibly the White House.

Aug 25, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss

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