A Blue Wave Next Month Could Be the Start of a Progressive Sea Change A Blue Wave Next Month Could Be the Start of a Progressive Sea Change
If Democrats flip the House, the Congressional Progressive Caucus will have the leaders, agenda, and institutional muscle to drive the debate.
Oct 9, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Richard Ojeda’s Politics of Regret Richard Ojeda’s Politics of Regret
Can a reformed Trump voter win over West Virginia?
Oct 5, 2018 / Feature / Rowan Moore Gerety
How Much It Costs to Buy US Foreign Policy How Much It Costs to Buy US Foreign Policy
Everything—even support for human-rights atrocities—has a price.
Oct 4, 2018 / Benjamin Freeman
AOC Responds to Her Critics AOC Responds to Her Critics
After a high-profile national tour, Ocasio-Cortez defends her perceived missteps—and calls cynicism “the greatest enemy of the progressive left.”
Oct 4, 2018 / Feature / Raina Lipsitz
More Cold War Extremism and Crises More Cold War Extremism and Crises
Overshadowed by the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, US-Russian relations grow ever more perilous.
Oct 3, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
How Lula’s Legacy Hurts His Party’s Prospects How Lula’s Legacy Hurts His Party’s Prospects
The grand ambitions of the former Brazilian president planted the seeds for the Workers’ Party current woes.
Oct 3, 2018 / Omar G. Encarnación
Beto O’Rourke Fights the Clampdown in Texas Beto O’Rourke Fights the Clampdown in Texas
His campaign represents a real-time experiment for a party that is still struggling to define itself in the Trump era.
Oct 3, 2018 / Feature / John Nichols
On the Campaign Trail, Anguish Over the Kavanaugh Nomination Is a Powerful Motivation On the Campaign Trail, Anguish Over the Kavanaugh Nomination Is a Powerful Motivation
Women candidates in Georgia remembered Anita Hill, believed Dr. Christine Blasey Ford—and put their anger into campaigning.
Oct 2, 2018 / Joan Walsh
Don’t Count Out Ben Jealous and His Progressive Message for Maryland Don’t Count Out Ben Jealous and His Progressive Message for Maryland
A massive mobilization of an anti-Trump, heavily female, and African American base in a very blue state could lead to a November surprise.
Oct 2, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Letters From the October 22, 2018, Issue Letters From the October 22, 2018, Issue
Lessons From and for AOC Thank you for an excellent cover story, “The AOC Effect,” about the Democratic Party’s new rock star, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [Sept. 10/17]. Although I am…
Sep 27, 2018 / Our Readers