Letters From the September 11-18, 2017, Issue Letters From the September 11-18, 2017, Issue
Hacking democracy… Make America democratic… Dems: remember the base… Action and words… In defense of prog rock…
Aug 24, 2017 / Our Readers
Democrats Are Starting a Fierce Internal Debate. Finally. Democrats Are Starting a Fierce Internal Debate. Finally.
The party establishment won’t change on its own, and Democratic leaders won’t see the light unless they feel the heat.
Aug 22, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Coming Undone: Frank Rich on How the Trump Presidency Ends Coming Undone: Frank Rich on How the Trump Presidency Ends
Plus Joshua Holland on Trump voters and David Cole on the resistance.
Aug 10, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Democrats Have a Problem. Can These Women Fix It? Democrats Have a Problem. Can These Women Fix It?
In Virginia, first-time female candidates could be the key to taking back the statehouse.
Aug 10, 2017 / Feature / Joan Walsh
This Police-Reform Activist Wants to Be Mayor of New York This Police-Reform Activist Wants to Be Mayor of New York
Robert Gangi is running a long-shot challenge to Mayor Bill de Blasio—from the left.
Aug 7, 2017 / P.E. Moskowitz
Imagine a Campaign-Finance System That’s the Opposite of Today’s Dark-Money Monster Imagine a Campaign-Finance System That’s the Opposite of Today’s Dark-Money Monster
Seattle just created it.
Jul 26, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias
How the Left Can Win in the South How the Left Can Win in the South
Bernie Sanders’s crushing defeat across the South should be a wake-up call for progressives—but victory is within reach.
Jul 20, 2017 / Paul Blest
Bernie Sanders Bets on Ben Jealous Bernie Sanders Bets on Ben Jealous
With his endorsements of candidates like Jealous, Sanders is framing the next American politics.
Jul 13, 2017 / John Nichols
This Chicago Politician Is Showing How to Govern From the Left This Chicago Politician Is Showing How to Govern From the Left
In 2015, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa became the city’s youngest alderman. Then he really began breaking ground.
Jul 13, 2017 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
American Democracy Is Now Under Siege by Both Cyber-Espionage and GOP Voter Suppression American Democracy Is Now Under Siege by Both Cyber-Espionage and GOP Voter Suppression
The same Republicans who benefited from Russian hacking in the 2016 election have been suppressing the vote for years.
Jul 12, 2017 / Feature / Ari Berman