A Blue Wave Next Month Could Be the Start of a Progressive Sea Change

If Democrats flip the House, the Congressional Progressive Caucus will have the leaders, agenda, and institutional muscle to drive the debate.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Richard Ojeda’s Politics of Regret

Can a reformed Trump voter win over West Virginia?

Rowan Moore Gerety

AOC Responds to Her Critics

After a high-profile national tour, Ocasio-Cortez defends her perceived missteps—and calls cynicism “the greatest enemy of the progressive left.”

Raina Lipsitz

Beto O’Rourke Fights the Clampdown in Texas

His campaign represents a real-time experiment for a party that is still struggling to define itself in the Trump era.

John Nichols

On the Campaign Trail, Anguish Over the Kavanaugh Nomination Is a Powerful Motivation

Women candidates in Georgia remembered Anita Hill, believed Dr. Christine Blasey Ford—and put their anger into campaigning.

Joan Walsh

Don’t Count Out Ben Jealous and His Progressive Message for Maryland

A massive mobilization of an anti-Trump, heavily female, and African American base in a very blue state could lead to a November surprise.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Letters From the October 22, 2018, Issue

Our Readers

The Reason Julia Salazar Won

A core of true believers were the backbone of her campaign. How should they handle accounts of her dishonesty?

Annie Shields

Florida Is on the Verge of a Historic Voting-Rights Victory

Now ex-felons, nearly 10 percent of the state’s population, are indefinitely barred from voting—but Amendment Four could change that in November.

Sasha Abramsky

Big Wins by Down-Ballot Progressives Are Going to Transform New York Politics

Insurgents did not win statewide races, but they brought down six former IDC incumbents.

John Nichols