How Canceling Student Loan Debt Would Be Strategically Smart for Biden How Canceling Student Loan Debt Would Be Strategically Smart for Biden
The country desperately needs relief, and the president needs a political win.
Dec 28, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Democrats Started Fixating on Inflation Why Democrats Started Fixating on Inflation
Anticipating an impact on their electoral fortunes, Democrats are hoping to get ahead on a pressing question.
Dec 28, 2021 / Column / Aída Chávez
West Virginians Give Manchin a Lump of Coal for Christmas West Virginians Give Manchin a Lump of Coal for Christmas
Manchin claims his constituents are happy with his abandonment of Build Back Better. Miners and other residents say that just isn’t so.
Dec 23, 2021 / John Nichols
Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense
The progressive leader discusses her last call with Joe Manchin, her frustration with the idea that “the Squad” and Bernie Sanders were right and she was wrong, and her determinati...
Dec 22, 2021 / Joan Walsh
As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever
American jails and prisons have become increasingly deadly places. Lawmakers must stop putting off the real solution.
Dec 22, 2021 / Amanda Klonsky and Eric Reinhart
We Mobilized Young People to Support Biden. He’s Failing Us. We Mobilized Young People to Support Biden. He’s Failing Us.
Sunrise and United We Dream youth organizers trusted Biden and the Democrats to really get things done. They are failing to follow through on campaign promises.
Dec 22, 2021 / Varshini Prakash and Greisa Martínez Rosas
How Democrats Lost Build Back Better How Democrats Lost Build Back Better
Most Democrats, including progressives, are unwilling to reflect on the strategic errors they made along the way.
Dec 21, 2021 / Aída Chávez
The Coverage of Build Back Better’s Failure Is Focused on the Wrong Culprits The Coverage of Build Back Better’s Failure Is Focused on the Wrong Culprits
This isn’t a case of “Democratic disarray.”
Dec 21, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sanders and the Squad Knew Manchin Couldn’t Be Trusted Sanders and the Squad Knew Manchin Couldn’t Be Trusted
They had strategies for taking on the West Virginian, but top Democrats refused to listen.
Dec 20, 2021 / John Nichols
The Lives Hanging in the Balance of Build Back Better The Lives Hanging in the Balance of Build Back Better
As negotiations drag on, the economic security of millions of Americans is at stake. For these four families, the bill would make an enormous difference.
Dec 16, 2021 / Bryce Covert