It’s Not Too Late for Democrats to Win Back Rural Voters It’s Not Too Late for Democrats to Win Back Rural Voters
Putting together a Democratic majority in 2024 requires winning back some portion of the rural working class. The good news is that it can be done. Here’s how.
May 17, 2024 / Rethinking Rural / Erica Etelson and Anthony Flaccavento
CUNY and Columbia: A Tale of Two Campuses CUNY and Columbia: A Tale of Two Campuses
Why are the City College protesters being charged with felonies that could land them up to nine years in jail—while Columbia students are facing much lighter sentences?
May 16, 2024 / Nicolas Niarchos
Biden’s Best Move Is to Declare Class War. Why Is He Holding Back? Biden’s Best Move Is to Declare Class War. Why Is He Holding Back?
With Donald Trump making promises to oil barons, the President has avoided making his Republican opponent's connections to corporate America a feature of his reelection campaign.
May 16, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Local Elections in Britain Put the Labour Party’s Stance on Gaza Under the Spotlight Local Elections in Britain Put the Labour Party’s Stance on Gaza Under the Spotlight
Labour leader Keir Starmer is favored to win the UK’s general election later this year, but—as with Joe Biden—there is one word that could derail his campaign: Gaza.
May 7, 2024 / Steve Howell
Leslie Jamison and the Travails of Millennial Divorce Leslie Jamison and the Travails of Millennial Divorce
In her new book, the novelist and essayist examines life before and after marriage.
May 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme
Despairing? Here’s a Bold, Populist, Popular, and Progressive Domestic Agenda for 2025 and Beyond. Despairing? Here’s a Bold, Populist, Popular, and Progressive Domestic Agenda for 2025 and Beyond.
How the Congressional Progressive Caucus is driving the center of the Democratic Party in a new direction.
Apr 29, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fellow Freelancers: Don’t Marry Rich, Organize! Fellow Freelancers: Don’t Marry Rich, Organize!
The problem is systemic: Freelance life is underpaid. The solution must be systemic too.
Apr 25, 2024 / Amy Littlefield
Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like
A strategy for building a rural-urban working-class coalition.
Apr 23, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Only Thing Worse Than Taking Rural Voters for Granted The Only Thing Worse Than Taking Rural Voters for Granted
… is dismissing them as out of reach for Democrats.
Apr 15, 2024 / Editorial / Erica Etelson and Anthony Flaccavento
O.J. Simpson Proved That With Enough Money You Can Get Away With Murder O.J. Simpson Proved That With Enough Money You Can Get Away With Murder
The accused killer won and lost in court depending on his bank account.
Apr 12, 2024 / Jeet Heer