Medicare-for-All Isn’t the Solution for Universal Health Care Medicare-for-All Isn’t the Solution for Universal Health Care
The health-care debate is moving to the left. But if progressives don’t start sweating the details, we’re going to fail yet again.
Aug 2, 2017 / Joshua Holland
There’s an Even Better Deal the Democrats Could Be Considering There’s an Even Better Deal the Democrats Could Be Considering
Democrats have an opportunity to draw an even sharper contrast with the GOP by embracing the kind of bold populism that this moment demands.
Aug 1, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump’s Main Policy Is Destruction—Ours Must Be More Than Resistance Trump’s Main Policy Is Destruction—Ours Must Be More Than Resistance
The time to create alternatives is now.
Jul 28, 2017 / Column / Kai Wright
Jimmy Carter Calls for Single Payer Jimmy Carter Calls for Single Payer
He joins a list of prominent Democrats who are moving in the right direction. But will the rest of the party listen?
Jul 27, 2017 / John Nichols
‘A Better Deal’ Sounds Nice, but Democrats Must Get Specific ‘A Better Deal’ Sounds Nice, but Democrats Must Get Specific
They should echo FDR’s renunciations of economic royalists and define the enemy.
Jul 26, 2017 / John Nichols
Democrats Are Finally Waking Up Democrats Are Finally Waking Up
Two new economic agendas are moving the party in a starkly populist direction.
Jul 26, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
How the Left Can Win in the South How the Left Can Win in the South
Bernie Sanders’s crushing defeat across the South should be a wake-up call for progressives—but victory is within reach.
Jul 20, 2017 / Paul Blest
The Circular Firing Squad Isn’t Amusing Anymore The Circular Firing Squad Isn’t Amusing Anymore
The left is tearing itself apart.
Jul 19, 2017 / Danny Goldberg
Democrats Are Trying to Win the 2018 Midterms in All the Wrong Ways Democrats Are Trying to Win the 2018 Midterms in All the Wrong Ways
If there are 7 million Obama-to-Trump voters, why didn’t Trump’s vote total increase by 7 million?
Jul 18, 2017 / Steve Phillips
Bernie Sanders Bets on Ben Jealous Bernie Sanders Bets on Ben Jealous
With his endorsements of candidates like Jealous, Sanders is framing the next American politics.
Jul 13, 2017 / John Nichols