Needed: A Clear Foreign Policy of Progressive Realism Needed: A Clear Foreign Policy of Progressive Realism
Democrats have the opportunity to define this positive policy, not simply react to Trump’s provocations.
Jan 22, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Congressman Eliot Engel’s Foreign Policy of Belligerence Congressman Eliot Engel’s Foreign Policy of Belligerence
House Democrats should cut back on the virtue-signaling and instead concentrate their efforts on supporting diplomatic efforts to finally put an end to the crisis in Syria.
Jan 22, 2019 / James Carden
The Green New Deal Is Our Best Hope for Saving the Planet—and Ending Poverty The Green New Deal Is Our Best Hope for Saving the Planet—and Ending Poverty
It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to end poverty and remake our economy so that it works for everyone.
Jan 22, 2019 / Joe Sanberg
How the Poor People’s Campaign Is Building a ‘New Electorate’ How the Poor People’s Campaign Is Building a ‘New Electorate’
A conversation with Reverend Liz Theoharis on the campaign’s broad agenda for 2019.
Jan 21, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
What AOC Owes MLK What AOC Owes MLK
The civil-rights leader’s vision of an equitable economy lives on in Congress’s emerging left.
Jan 21, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman
‘Social Death’ in Denmark ‘Social Death’ in Denmark
The European country is isolating and excluding asylum seekers until they disappear from society completely.
Jan 20, 2019 / Nicholas Mirzoeff
The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike
In 2014, a progressive Union Power caucus took over UTLA—and that has made all the difference.
Jan 19, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe
Trump’s Big Offer to End the Government Shutdown Is Just Another Scam Trump’s Big Offer to End the Government Shutdown Is Just Another Scam
Why? Because he’s offering to do something the courts will say he has to do anyway.
Jan 19, 2019 / Elie Mystal
Kirstjen Nielsen Lied to Congress About Trump’s War on Migrant Children Kirstjen Nielsen Lied to Congress About Trump’s War on Migrant Children
Senator Jeff Merkley is demanding a perjury inquiry. And he’s got documents that point to shameful wrongdoing.
Jan 18, 2019 / John Nichols
With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe? With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe?
The government shutdown is putting further stress on a regulatory system already strained to the breaking point.
Jan 18, 2019 / Michelle Chen