David Leonhardt’s Centrist Nostalgia Won’t Save Democracy David Leonhardt’s Centrist Nostalgia Won’t Save Democracy
Jim Crow wasn’t an exception—but a model for the future.
Sep 23, 2022 / Jeet Heer
What Do Americans Care About? Not a Cold War With Russia and China. What Do Americans Care About? Not a Cold War With Russia and China.
Americans’ top security concerns include safety at home and protecting jobs.
Sep 20, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It Isn’t Populist to Defund Rural Schools It Isn’t Populist to Defund Rural Schools
The Republican Party has won rural America by fanning the flames of the culture war. But by taking a match to public schools, it may have finally gone too far.
Sep 20, 2022 / Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider
Rail Workers, Nurses, Teachers Are Fighting From the Bottom Up Rail Workers, Nurses, Teachers Are Fighting From the Bottom Up
When will their supposed national leaders—in unions, and in the Democratic Party—get serious?
Sep 15, 2022 / Jane McAlevey
Veteran Activist David Segal Shows How to Make an Issue of Corporate Monopolies Veteran Activist David Segal Shows How to Make an Issue of Corporate Monopolies
The congressional candidate has brought the issue to the fore and gotten everyone else talking about it.
Sep 13, 2022 / John Nichols
Alaska’s Special Election Offers a Lesson for Democrats Alaska’s Special Election Offers a Lesson for Democrats
The race can be a road map for campaigns in areas the party has all but written off.
Sep 13, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Can Stacey Abrams Turn the Tide in Georgia? Can Stacey Abrams Turn the Tide in Georgia?
Despite years of laying the groundwork, she’s trailing in the gubernatorial election. Will Georgia’s discouraged voters rise again to lift the nation?
Sep 13, 2022 / Joan Walsh
The DNC Moves to Block Debate on Dark Money, but We Won’t Quit The DNC Moves to Block Debate on Dark Money, but We Won’t Quit
The stakes are too high for Democrats—and democracy—to let our party’s primaries turn into auctions won by the highest bidder.
Sep 12, 2022 / James Zogby
How the Democrats Got Their Groove Back How the Democrats Got Their Groove Back
Abortion, MAGA, and healthy partisanship are changing the midterm dynamics.
Sep 9, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Ending Free Covid Tests, US Policy Is Now “You Do You” Ending Free Covid Tests, US Policy Is Now “You Do You”
The Biden administration’s “soft closing” to the pandemic means a hard landing for the un- and underinsured.
Sep 9, 2022 / Martha Lincoln and Anne N. Sosin