Could a Socialist Actually Win Seattle’s City Council Race? Yes Could a Socialist Actually Win Seattle’s City Council Race? Yes
The $15-an-hour wage candidate Kshama Sawant takes the lead in a “historic” citywide race.
Nov 14, 2013 / John Nichols
The Progressive Electoral Wave of 2013 The Progressive Electoral Wave of 2013
The big story this November is a cross-country rejection of austerity and inequality and support for social justice.
Nov 13, 2013 / The Editors
Rand Paul Plagiarism Revealed Rand Paul Plagiarism Revealed
The news that Paul swipes others’ words Has left observers shaken. Could being Libertarian Mean liberties are taken?
Nov 13, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Getting Down to Big Business: A Conservative American Romance (Part 2) Getting Down to Big Business: A Conservative American Romance (Part 2)
Big business used to buy into the center-left consensus. Then, suddenly, it didn’t.
Nov 13, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Elizabeth Warren to Regulators, Congress: End ‘Too Big to Fail’ Elizabeth Warren to Regulators, Congress: End ‘Too Big to Fail’
In a speech Tuesday the Massachusetts senator offered an indictment of the enforcers and lawmakers who have failed to rein in the financial system.
Nov 13, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Katrina vanden Heuvel: CBS’s Egregious Double Standard Katrina vanden Heuvel: CBS’s Egregious Double Standard
What Laura Logan's apology means.
Nov 12, 2013 / Press Room
Getting Down to Big Business: A Conservative American Romance (Part 1) Getting Down to Big Business: A Conservative American Romance (Part 1)
Despite some stutter steps backward, the relationship between business and the modern right has always advanced in the exact same basic direction: toward romance.
Nov 12, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
The ‘Democratic Wing’ of the Democratic Party Wakes Up The ‘Democratic Wing’ of the Democratic Party Wakes Up
Progressives are waging fights within the Democratic Party, and they’re gaining ground.
Nov 12, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The True Patriots in Congress Are Trying to End NSA Tyranny The True Patriots in Congress Are Trying to End NSA Tyranny
A bipartisan bill would end the NSA’s bulk data collection as we know it.
Nov 12, 2013 / Robert Scheer
Candidate or Not, Elizabeth Warren Has the Right 2016 Message Candidate or Not, Elizabeth Warren Has the Right 2016 Message
Democrats need to embrace the senator’s populist policies and rhetoric.
Nov 12, 2013 / John Nichols