How Biden Could Use the Presidential Bully Pulpit to Drive Climate Action How Biden Could Use the Presidential Bully Pulpit to Drive Climate Action
According to a Fox News exit poll on election night, 70 percent of voters support increased government spending on green and renewable energy.
Nov 10, 2020 / Jamie Henn
Can American Labor Survive Prop 22? Can American Labor Survive Prop 22?
The California ballot measure could be the most radical undoing of labor legislation since Taft-Hartley.
Nov 10, 2020 / Wilfred Chan
Trump Is Trying to Overturn the Election, but I’m Not Panicking—Yet Trump Is Trying to Overturn the Election, but I’m Not Panicking—Yet
All the reasons I think the Trump-GOP gambit to deny Biden’s victory will not change the fact that he will become president on January 20.
Nov 10, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Progressives Are an Asset for the Democratic Party. It Should Treat Them That Way. Progressives Are an Asset for the Democratic Party. It Should Treat Them That Way.
Democratic progressives are not an isolated fringe—and their ideas are popular. The party should not run away from them.
Nov 10, 2020 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
We Could Use a Leader Like George McGovern Again We Could Use a Leader Like George McGovern Again
It’s long past time to reclaim American idealism and take a stand for less war and more help for the most vulnerable among us, including the very planet itself.
Nov 10, 2020 / William Astore
John Kasich Contributed Nothing to Biden’s Election, So Why Should Democrats Listen to His Claptrap? John Kasich Contributed Nothing to Biden’s Election, So Why Should Democrats Listen to His Claptrap?
Kasich claims the left harmed Democrats. Wrong. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and movements boosted turnout and helped swing key states.
Nov 9, 2020 / John Nichols
The High Cost of Defeating Donald Trump The High Cost of Defeating Donald Trump
Joe Biden built an impressive coalition to defeat a sitting president. Too bad he did so at the expense of his own party.
Nov 9, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Could Elizabeth Warren Be the Next Treasury Secretary? Could Elizabeth Warren Be the Next Treasury Secretary?
The Massachusetts senator is lobbying for the position and is expected to meet with President-elect Biden to make her case.
Nov 9, 2020 / Eoin Higgins
The Biden-Harris Victory Brings ‘an Outpouring of Joy, Hope, Renewed Faith’ The Biden-Harris Victory Brings ‘an Outpouring of Joy, Hope, Renewed Faith’
In cities nationwide, a spontaneous celebration erupts as Trump is defeated and voters usher in “a new day for America.”
Nov 7, 2020 / John Nichols
Black People Repudiated Trump Like He Was a Piece of Used Gum Black People Repudiated Trump Like He Was a Piece of Used Gum
It’s time for centrist Democrats to stop whining about Black Lives Matters protests and start recognizing that Black voters literally saved the election.
Nov 6, 2020 / Elie Mystal