Why Do White Working-Class People Vote Against Their Interests? They Don’t. Why Do White Working-Class People Vote Against Their Interests? They Don’t.
Corporate Democrats have never advanced their interests—and at least Republicans offer a persuasive story about why they are getting screwed.
Nov 17, 2016 / Kirk Noden
Urban and Rural America Are Connected by Economic Refugees Like Me Urban and Rural America Are Connected by Economic Refugees Like Me
I watched election 2016 from Brooklyn, but I grew up a black girl in a small town.
Nov 16, 2016 / Erin Malone
Did Race or Class Doom Hillary Clinton? Did Race or Class Doom Hillary Clinton?
It was both.
Nov 16, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Ted Cruz Would Be a Very Dangerous Attorney General Ted Cruz Would Be a Very Dangerous Attorney General
During his presidential campaign, Cruz proposed a series of radical actions outside the norms of US law enforcement.
Nov 16, 2016 / George Zornick
Will President-Elect Trump End the New Cold War? Will President-Elect Trump End the New Cold War?
Whatever Americans think of the next president’s other policies, exceedingly dangerous US-Russian conflicts have become the greatest threat to American and international security.
Nov 16, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Hillary Clinton’s Popular-Vote Victory Is Unprecedented—and Still Growing Hillary Clinton’s Popular-Vote Victory Is Unprecedented—and Still Growing
Her margin is now bigger than the winning margins for John Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
Nov 16, 2016 / John Nichols
Donald Trump Won Only by Undermining an Already Broken Democracy Donald Trump Won Only by Undermining an Already Broken Democracy
Caught between demographic headwinds and a base that wouldn’t let the party adapt, Republicans set their sights on democratic pluralism itself.
Nov 16, 2016 / Joshua Holland
Trump Reminds Us the Racial Justice Movement Is Growing Trump Reminds Us the Racial Justice Movement Is Growing
Backlash only exists when we are making progress, so let’s keep going.
Nov 16, 2016 / Rinku Sen
How We Can Fight Trump How We Can Fight Trump
Progressives must lead the Democratic Party and develop its economic populism.
Nov 15, 2016 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage
12 Coal Miners Died on This Man’s Watch in 2006. Now Trump Wants to Make Him Commerce Secretary. 12 Coal Miners Died on This Man’s Watch in 2006. Now Trump Wants to Make Him Commerce Secretary.
So much for Trump’s supposed commitment to coalfield workers.
Nov 15, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter