Democrats

Charles Booker Is Changing the Thinking About Who Beats Mitch

Charles Booker Is Changing the Thinking About Who Beats Mitch Charles Booker Is Changing the Thinking About Who Beats Mitch

The progressive US Senate candidate is securing big endorsements from those who are tired of “scripted, milquetoast politics.” 

Jun 12, 2020 / John Nichols

Joe Biden’s Secret Weapon Is Grief

Joe Biden’s Secret Weapon Is Grief Joe Biden’s Secret Weapon Is Grief

The presumptive Democratic nominee has a gift for empathy that can help him win the election. But will a mourner in chief be able to govern?

Jun 12, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Liberals: Don’t Be Afraid of Calls to Defund the Police

Liberals: Don’t Be Afraid of Calls to Defund the Police Liberals: Don’t Be Afraid of Calls to Defund the Police

The increasingly popular slogan is expanding the nation’s long-overdue debate about what public safety really means.

Jun 9, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx

Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx

In his Democratic primary challenge to the House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, a New York educator outlines “a progressive foreign policy.”

Jun 9, 2020 / John Nichols

Shouldn’t Congressional Approval Be Required to Deploy Troops at Home Too?

Shouldn’t Congressional Approval Be Required to Deploy Troops at Home Too? Shouldn’t Congressional Approval Be Required to Deploy Troops at Home Too?

Congressional Progressive Caucus leaders promise action after Trump threatens “to weaponize the US military against its own citizens.”

Jun 5, 2020 / John Nichols

Democratic Candidates Should Be Campaigning to End Toxic Policing

Democratic Candidates Should Be Campaigning to End Toxic Policing Democratic Candidates Should Be Campaigning to End Toxic Policing

Kentucky US Senate candidate Charles Booker gets it right when he says, “If you are saying you are going to stand up for people, then do it.”

Jun 4, 2020 / John Nichols

‘Justice Does Not Equal Convictions’

‘Justice Does Not Equal Convictions’ ‘Justice Does Not Equal Convictions’

Scenes from a pandemic: 10

Jun 3, 2020 / no-paywall / Anna Simonton

How White People Can Step Up—and Step Back—Right Now

How White People Can Step Up—and Step Back—Right Now How White People Can Step Up—and Step Back—Right Now

Listen, learn, and do what you’re asked to do.

Jun 3, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Trump in front of an American flag

Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security

The challenge for his successor will be how to dig out from the rubble.

Jun 2, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party Is a Fight for the Future

The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party Is a Fight for the Future The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party Is a Fight for the Future

Henry Wallace, FDR’s vice president, argued 75 years ago that Democrats had to go big on economic and social and racial justice. That’s still true.

Jun 2, 2020 / Feature / John Nichols

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