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Tom Perez Will Be a Strong Fighter for Civil Rights Tom Perez Will Be a Strong Fighter for Civil Rights

The new DNC chair opposed voter-ID laws, investigated police misconduct, and protected workers’ rights.

Feb 27, 2017 / Ari Berman

Keith Ellison and Tom Perez

Tom Perez Narrowly Defeats Keith Ellison for DNC Chair Tom Perez Narrowly Defeats Keith Ellison for DNC Chair

To succeed, Perez must ally with the grassroots activists who are more concerned with principles than with partisanship.

Feb 25, 2017 / John Nichols

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Letters From the March 13, 2017, Issue Letters From the March 13, 2017, Issue

We were immigrants once… Truly democratic, truly national… Trump’s uncivil acts… Sleuths with pens… Righteous resistance… We’ve got you covered …

Feb 23, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Is Détente Really Dead? Is Détente Really Dead?

Washington and Moscow observers are saying American allegations that President Trump is a Kremlin puppet have killed the new Russia policy he promised.

Feb 22, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Can a Sanders Democrat Win the New Jersey Governor’s Race?

Can a Sanders Democrat Win the New Jersey Governor’s Race? Can a Sanders Democrat Win the New Jersey Governor’s Race?

John Wisniewski is fighting Wall Street money and the party machine.

Feb 22, 2017 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss and Barbara Dreyfuss

Flynn at White House

Neo-McCarthyite Furor Around Russia Is Counterproductive Neo-McCarthyite Furor Around Russia Is Counterproductive

Common sense is getting lost in the frenzy. What we don’t need is a replay of Cold War hysteria that cuts off debate and slanders skeptics.

Feb 21, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A People’s Globalism: Notes Toward a New Left Internationalism

A People’s Globalism: Notes Toward a New Left Internationalism A People’s Globalism: Notes Toward a New Left Internationalism

Three writers consider the major foreign-policy questions facing the left today.

Feb 16, 2017 / That’s Debatable / Michael Walzer, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, and Jedediah Britton-Purdy

Keith Ellison with Trump poster

Resisting Trump Is Not Enough Resisting Trump Is Not Enough

Progressives also need to advance a concrete agenda, and that means taking on Democrats-In-Name-Only.

Feb 16, 2017 / Editorial / Robert L. Borosage

Donald Trump in State Dining Room

Kremlin-Baiting President Trump (Without Facts) Must Stop Kremlin-Baiting President Trump (Without Facts) Must Stop

Bipartisan allegations that Trump is a “puppet” of or “compromised” by the Kremlin have grown into latter-day McCarthyism with grave threats to America and the world.

Feb 15, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Congressional Progessive Caucus

It’s Time for the Congressional Progressive Caucus to Raise Its Game It’s Time for the Congressional Progressive Caucus to Raise Its Game

The CPC must move from being the conscience of the Democratic caucus to being its captain, from defining the alternative to defining the agenda.

Feb 8, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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