Politics

Alexander Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey

Why Democrats Should Ignore the Chatter About Moving ‘Too Far Left’ and Go Big Why Democrats Should Ignore the Chatter About Moving ‘Too Far Left’ and Go Big

Backlash is inevitable. So Democrats should be bold.

Feb 27, 2019 / Joshua Holland

Philippines Senator Leila de Lima

Not Even Prison Walls Can Silence Duterte’s Nemesis Not Even Prison Walls Can Silence Duterte’s Nemesis

Amid a crackdown on independent media, the defiant Philippine Senator Leila de Lima enters her third year as a political prisoner.

Feb 27, 2019 / Walden Bello

Passing the Barr

Passing the Barr Passing the Barr

Will the new attorney general be Trump’s rubber stamp?

Feb 27, 2019 / OppArt / Randall Enos

Hillary Clinton at the DNC

Democrats Need to Think Big for 2020 Democrats Need to Think Big for 2020

A safe candidate who seems “electable” might be anything but.

Feb 26, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Bernie Sanders at a rally

Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike

Democrats and progressives need to focus on what the United Electrical union calls the “first major US manufacturing strike of the Trump era.”

Feb 26, 2019 / John Nichols

sunrise-movement-green-new-deal

Take Action Now: Join the Green New Deal Campaign Take Action Now: Join the Green New Deal Campaign

Organize for climate solutions, support teachers on strike, and get involved with a new election in North Carolina.

Feb 26, 2019 / NationAction

Little girl at child care rally CA

Let’s Fight for Universal Childcare Let’s Fight for Universal Childcare

It’s good for the economy and consistent with our values.

Feb 26, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Raphael Glucksmann

Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left

A new direct democracy movement hopes to reconstitute France’s left parties around a European Green New Deal—but voters are still skeptical.

Feb 26, 2019 / Colin Kinniburgh

US Navy Pacific Ocean

Shrinking the Military-Industrial Complex by Putting It to Work at Home Shrinking the Military-Industrial Complex by Putting It to Work at Home

It’s not a pipe dream.

Feb 26, 2019 / Feature / Peter-Christian Aigner and Michael Brenes

Faster

Faster Faster

Making the Constitution great again.

Feb 26, 2019 / OppArt / Rob Rogers

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