The Democratic Platform Committee Now Has a Progressive Majority. Thanks, Bernie Sanders. The Democratic Platform Committee Now Has a Progressive Majority. Thanks, Bernie Sanders.
Sanders adds Keith Ellison, Cornel West, and Bill McKibben to a committee that also includes progressives Elijah Cummings and Barbara Lee.
May 24, 2016 / John Nichols
Progressive Women Are Running for Office All Over the Country Progressive Women Are Running for Office All Over the Country
The anti-Trump candidacies of Teachout, Jayapal, and Flores should serve as a reminder that, as important as the presidency is, the White House is not the only thing at stake in 20...
May 24, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
When Donald Trump Says His Foreign Policy Is ‘America First’—What Exactly Does He Mean? When Donald Trump Says His Foreign Policy Is ‘America First’—What Exactly Does He Mean?
Four experts consider how exactly Trump might go about making America great again.
May 24, 2016 / Sherle R. Schwenninger, Heather Hurlburt, Stephen Kinzer, and Juan Cole
The Great Trump Overload The Great Trump Overload
Soon we won’t recall the days before Trump.
May 24, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
The Real Reason Neocons Are So Upset About Donald Trump The Real Reason Neocons Are So Upset About Donald Trump
The armchair warriors seem to be realizing that they could be frozen out of the corridors of power for the next four years.
May 23, 2016 / James Carden
A Soda Tax Is Fundamentally Regressive. What if It’s Philadelphia’s Best Hope for Progressive Change? A Soda Tax Is Fundamentally Regressive. What if It’s Philadelphia’s Best Hope for Progressive Change?
Philadelphia Mayor James Kenney has proposed taxing sugary beverages to pay for universal pre-kindergarten and other popular initiatives.
May 23, 2016 / Jake Blumgart
The ‘Bathroom Bill’ Is an Old Ploy That Can’t Stop Our New Movement The ‘Bathroom Bill’ Is an Old Ploy That Can’t Stop Our New Movement
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and his allies are bringing back sex-panic tactics that Jesse Helms perfected decades ago.
May 23, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
No, Paul Ryan, Austerity Will Not Fix the Starving Puerto Rican Economy No, Paul Ryan, Austerity Will Not Fix the Starving Puerto Rican Economy
House Republicans want to let an unelected “control board” impose brutal cuts on people who have already suffered enough.
May 23, 2016 / John Nichols
Elizabeth Warren Takes On the ‘Gig Economy’ Elizabeth Warren Takes On the ‘Gig Economy’
It’s one of the first serious attempts by Democrats to deal with the new part-time model for work.
May 20, 2016 / George Zornick
It’s Now Harder to Vote in Virginia Because the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act It’s Now Harder to Vote in Virginia Because the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act
200,000 registered voters could be blocked from the polls after a federal court upheld Virginia’s voter-ID law.
May 20, 2016 / Ari Berman