What a Progressive Champion From Rural Maine Can Teach Democrats About Winning What a Progressive Champion From Rural Maine Can Teach Democrats About Winning
Chloe Maxmin can show Democrats new paths to victory.
Jan 11, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Attention, Democrats: The Constitution Trumps the Filibuster Attention, Democrats: The Constitution Trumps the Filibuster
In the case of voting rights legislation, the filibuster is not applicable, or even relevant.
Jan 10, 2022 / Herman Schwartz
Democracy Is on the Ballot in 2022. Summer Lee Is Ready for This Fight. Democracy Is on the Ballot in 2022. Summer Lee Is Ready for This Fight.
Midterm candidates like Pennsylvania’s Lee are prepared to hold insurrectionist Republicans to account and to boldly defend free elections.
Jan 7, 2022 / John Nichols
Republicans Are on the Retreat in California Republicans Are on the Retreat in California
Shifting tides after the attempted recall vote show that voters are concerned more with policy than with rhetoric.
Jan 7, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
Will Garland Do What It Takes to Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice? Will Garland Do What It Takes to Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice?
A lot is riding on the attorney general’s prosecution of January 6 insurrectionists—including whether future coup plotters think they’ll be able to get away with it.
Jan 5, 2022 / Elie Mystal
The Best Way to Commemorate January 6 Is to Pass a Voting Rights Law The Best Way to Commemorate January 6 Is to Pass a Voting Rights Law
On January 5, 2021, Georgia’s Democratic majority took the Senate. The very next day, America’s violent white minority struck back. A voting rights push this week will make clear h...
Jan 4, 2022 / Joan Walsh
Remembering Harry Reid, 1939–2021 Remembering Harry Reid, 1939–2021
The Nevada senator was a brilliant strategist, but his real secret was his ability to take your biggest vulnerability and make it your strength.
Dec 30, 2021 / Rebecca Kirszner Katz
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
Honduras Elects a Socialist—but Will She Be Allowed to Govern? Honduras Elects a Socialist—but Will She Be Allowed to Govern?
Xiomara Castro’s administration won’t have it easy: Corrupt networks permeate every branch of government.
Dec 6, 2021 / Jared Olson
Ping!! How Those Trump/Russia Stories Got Shopped to the Media Ping!! How Those Trump/Russia Stories Got Shopped to the Media
Thanks to recent indictments and ongoing lawsuits about an alleged Trump computer back channel to Moscow, we can now see just how journalists got played—and who played them.
Dec 2, 2021 / Feature / Barry Meier