Democrats Still Can’t Figure Out What Happened in 2024 Democrats Still Can’t Figure Out What Happened in 2024
A new analysis of voting patterns in the last election suggests that the party is woefully unprepared for the path forward.
May 29, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying
The dead hand of gerontocracy is also a symptom of ideological malaise.
May 23, 2025 / Jeet Heer
A Huge Democratic Victory in Omaha Offers a Lesson for the Party A Huge Democratic Victory in Omaha Offers a Lesson for the Party
The Nebraska city swung by 43 points to elect John Ewing Jr. Democrats should study the model he embraced.
May 22, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Progressives Need to Stand Up for LaMonica McIver Progressives Need to Stand Up for LaMonica McIver
The charges against McIver are a form of political intimidation directed with particular force against Black politicians—but it will work only if the people don’t have her back.
May 22, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Trump’s Big and Ugly Crypto Con Trump’s Big and Ugly Crypto Con
Why are 16 Democrats abetting this great sting?
May 22, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage
Democrats Are Greenlighting Trump’s Crypto Corruption Democrats Are Greenlighting Trump’s Crypto Corruption
Sixteen senators backed a disastrous bill that enshrines the crypto industry's flagrant abuses into law.
May 20, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Democrats Are Overperforming in 2025 Thanks to Trump and a Fresh Focus on Grassroots Organizing Democrats Are Overperforming in 2025 Thanks to Trump and a Fresh Focus on Grassroots Organizing
More than 16,000 volunteers are already in the field, creating what DNC chair Ken Martin describes as an unprecedented organizing infrastructure for a non-presidential year.
May 20, 2025 / John Nichols
The DNC’s Latest Feud Is an Exercise in Futility The DNC’s Latest Feud Is an Exercise in Futility
Democrats are acting more like a bickering political science department than an opposition party.
May 19, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
The Biden Scandal Goes Well Beyond the Aging Cover-Up The Biden Scandal Goes Well Beyond the Aging Cover-Up
The former president’s stubbornness and narcissism led to disastrous Trump victory.
May 16, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Careerism That Enabled Biden’s Reelection Run Still Poisons the Democratic Party The Careerism That Enabled Biden’s Reelection Run Still Poisons the Democratic Party
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s new book Original Sin reveals top White House aides lying to journalists and trying to gaslight the public about Biden’s decline.
May 13, 2025 / Norman Solomon