Democrats

Rana Abdelhamid

Democratic Socialist Rana Abdelhamid Takes On a New York Incumbent Democratic Socialist Rana Abdelhamid Takes On a New York Incumbent

"I came to organizing both from a class perspective and also just growing up post-9/11 as a Muslim New Yorker,” the candidate told The Nation.

Apr 15, 2021 / Aída Chávez

How to Get 4 Million Women Back in the Workforce

How to Get 4 Million Women Back in the Workforce How to Get 4 Million Women Back in the Workforce

Wendy Chun-Hoon, the new head of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor, talks about how the Biden administration should seize this moment to prevent women from being locked...

Apr 15, 2021 / Bryce Covert

President Joe Biden

Will Biden’s Foreign Policy Sap His Domestic Policy? Will Biden’s Foreign Policy Sap His Domestic Policy?

The US can’t afford to be the “indispensable nation” abroad while rebuilding at home.

Apr 13, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Yemen blockade

Progressives Call for Action on the Yemen Blockade Progressives Call for Action on the Yemen Blockade

Nearly 80 congressional Democrats have called on the Biden administration to increase pressure on Saudi Arabia to lift the blockade immediately.

Apr 13, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Supreme Court Columns

Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Is Designed to Fail Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Is Designed to Fail

Biden’s recently announced commission to study court reform isn’t designed to offer solutions—it’s designed to be an excuse to do nothing.

Apr 13, 2021 / Elie Mystal

President Joe Biden

Biden Wants to Spend Even More on Defense than Trump Biden Wants to Spend Even More on Defense than Trump

The president’s plan to hike Pentagon spending draws a rebuke from progressives.

Apr 13, 2021 / John Nichols

Texas border crossing

Biden Has a Chance to End the Jail-to-Deportation Pipeline Biden Has a Chance to End the Jail-to-Deportation Pipeline

But the immigration reform bill currently making its way through Congress carries over punitive policies from previous administrations.

Apr 12, 2021 / Carla Gomez, Hena Mansori, and Sophia Gurulé

Senator Mitch McConnell

McConnell Has No Trouble With Corporate Speech—as Long as It Takes the Form of Bribery McConnell Has No Trouble With Corporate Speech—as Long as It Takes the Form of Bribery

The minority leader has a problem with corporations that call out Jim Crow voting restrictions. But he’s still happy to take their dirty money,

Apr 9, 2021 / John Nichols

Virginia State Capitol

Are Virginia Democrats Running Progressive Challengers Out of the 2021 Primary? Are Virginia Democrats Running Progressive Challengers Out of the 2021 Primary?

Three Black candidates primarying centrist incumbents just got blocked from the ballot for paperwork problems that candidates usually get to fix. What’s going on?

Apr 8, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Karen Carter Peterson’s Ready to Bring Some ‘Don’t Mess Around’ Progressivism to D.C.

Karen Carter Peterson’s Ready to Bring Some ‘Don’t Mess Around’ Progressivism to D.C. Karen Carter Peterson’s Ready to Bring Some ‘Don’t Mess Around’ Progressivism to D.C.

The New Orleans legislator is for Medicare For All, a Green New Deal, and living wages. And she knows how to call out white supremacists.

Apr 8, 2021 / John Nichols

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