Election 2024

Rail Workers, Nurses, Teachers Are Fighting From the Bottom Up

Rail Workers, Nurses, Teachers Are Fighting From the Bottom Up Rail Workers, Nurses, Teachers Are Fighting From the Bottom Up

When will their supposed national leaders—in unions, and in the Democratic Party—get serious?

Sep 15, 2022 / Jane McAlevey

Election Deniers Are Gearing Up to Take Office

Election Deniers Are Gearing Up to Take Office Election Deniers Are Gearing Up to Take Office

Republicans who claim the 2020 election was rigged are on the ballot for 60 percent of the electorate. Their influence on future elections could be devastating.

Sep 15, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

The DNC Moves to Block Debate on Dark Money, but We Won’t Quit

The DNC Moves to Block Debate on Dark Money, but We Won’t Quit The DNC Moves to Block Debate on Dark Money, but We Won’t Quit

The stakes are too high for Democrats—and democracy—to let our party’s primaries turn into auctions won by the highest bidder.

Sep 12, 2022 / James Zogby

President Joe Biden speaks outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 1, 2022

How the Democrats Got Their Groove Back How the Democrats Got Their Groove Back

Abortion, MAGA, and healthy partisanship are changing the midterm dynamics.

Sep 9, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Autocracy and Anti-Abortion Go Hand in Hand

Autocracy and Anti-Abortion Go Hand in Hand Autocracy and Anti-Abortion Go Hand in Hand

Facing defeat at the ballot box, the anti-choice movement is already gravitating toward antidemocratic solutions.

Sep 2, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Now Is the Time for Democrats to Ban Dark Money From Primaries

Now Is the Time for Democrats to Ban Dark Money From Primaries Now Is the Time for Democrats to Ban Dark Money From Primaries

Before the party chokes to death on its own corruption. Next week the Democratic National Committee will vote on a crucial resolution to break the hold of wealthy donors and secret...

Sep 2, 2022 / Robert L. Borosage

Emmett Till looks into the distance. He is wearing a hat.

How Emmett Till’s Death Led to the Invention of the “Liberal Media” How Emmett Till’s Death Led to the Invention of the “Liberal Media”

The young Black man’s murder is an outrage that still haunts our history. So do the lies in the media set in motion by the discovery of his mutilated body 67 years ago today.

Aug 31, 2022 / Chris Lamb

Four student loan borrowers stage a rally holding signs in front of The White House to celebrate President Biden’s canceling student debt

Biden’s Debt Relief Is Actually a Victory for Left Organizing Biden’s Debt Relief Is Actually a Victory for Left Organizing

The former “senator from MBNA” didn’t deliver student debt relief out of the goodness of his heart—but in response to a long, well-organized campaign.

Aug 29, 2022 / Jeet Heer

A saturated, dark photo of the White House. The fountain is bright against the red bushes and green grass.

Who Should Be the Democratic Presidential Nominee in 2024? Who Should Be the Democratic Presidential Nominee in 2024?

Four writers argue who would make the best candidate: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Gretchen Whitmer, or Ro Khanna?

Aug 22, 2022 / The Debate / Joan Walsh, Bhaskar Sunkara, Michael Kazin, and John Nichols

Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building

The Twilight Years of American Hegemony The Twilight Years of American Hegemony

What could better fit an America in decline than a president in decline, the more radically so the better?

Aug 15, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt

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