Is Cynthia Nixon Ready for the Spotlight? Is Cynthia Nixon Ready for the Spotlight?
The actor and activist is running to win—not just push Andrew Cuomo to the left. But can she convince voters she’s ready to govern?
Jun 5, 2018 / Feature / Joan Walsh
Meet Deb Haaland, Democrat for Congress Meet Deb Haaland, Democrat for Congress
Running in New Mexico’s first district, Haaland hopes to become the first Native American woman elected to the US House of Representatives.
Jun 1, 2018 / Joshua Holland
Amid ‘Russiagate’ Hysteria, What Are the Facts? Amid ‘Russiagate’ Hysteria, What Are the Facts?
We must end this Russophobic insanity.
Jun 1, 2018 / Jack F. Matlock Jr.
Debasing US Policy Discourse About Russia Debasing US Policy Discourse About Russia
Is Putin really a “pariah” and Russia “isolated from the international community”?
May 30, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Democrats Are Missing the Opportunity to Offer an Alternative to Endless War Democrats Are Missing the Opportunity to Offer an Alternative to Endless War
The Democrats’ failure to advance a bold progressive alternative to President Trump’s belligerent policies and bloated defense budgets is a huge missed opportunity.
May 29, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Breaking a Promise, Tom Perez Puts His Thumb on the Scale for Andrew Cuomo Breaking a Promise, Tom Perez Puts His Thumb on the Scale for Andrew Cuomo
By abandoning a commitment to strict neutrality and endorsing in a key race, the DNC chair undermines confidence in the Democratic Party.
May 25, 2018 / John Nichols
Progressives Are Winning Big in This Year’s Primaries Progressives Are Winning Big in This Year’s Primaries
John Nichols on moving the Democrats left, Yanis Varoufakis on Trump and Europe, and Arthur Goldhammer on Paris in May ’68.
May 24, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Intel ‘Informants’ and ‘Suspicious Contacts’ Echo Dark Pasts Intel ‘Informants’ and ‘Suspicious Contacts’ Echo Dark Pasts
McCarthyism and firsthand recollections of Soviet surveillance practices.
May 23, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
What the Left Can Learn from Losing in Texas What the Left Can Learn from Losing in Texas
Progressive insurgents lost to establishment picks in Texas’s runoffs. What does this tell us?
May 23, 2018 / D.D. Guttenplan
Stacey Abrams Makes History Stacey Abrams Makes History
Meanwhile, it’s yet another good night for women in Democratic primaries across the country.
May 23, 2018 / Joan Walsh