Hakeem Jeffries Is the Kind of Democrat Voters Have Lost Faith In Hakeem Jeffries Is the Kind of Democrat Voters Have Lost Faith In
With most New York Democrats endorsing their party's candidate for mayor, the two minority leaders in Congress remain holdouts.
Sep 16, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Beware the Centrist Dweebs Trying to Ape Zohran Mamdani Beware the Centrist Dweebs Trying to Ape Zohran Mamdani
All over the country, young Democratic candidates are running seemingly Mamdani-style campaigns. But check the fine print.
Sep 16, 2025 / Aaron Narraph Fernando
How DSA Built Zohran Mamdani’s Electoral Machine How DSA Built Zohran Mamdani’s Electoral Machine
The unsung hero of Mamdani’s campaign is its field operation. It may make him mayor of New York City.
Sep 12, 2025 / Feature / Hadas Thier
Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job. Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job.
We have an unprecedented chance to elect a mayor who can prioritize the needs of working people.
Sep 9, 2025 / Bill de Blasio
People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh
The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party revoked it.
Sep 5, 2025 / Q&A / Peter Lucas
What Makes Democrats So Afraid of Zohran Mamdani? What Makes Democrats So Afraid of Zohran Mamdani?
With Trump’s power grabs escalating, the Democratic establishment is still taking the time to fret over a rising star in its own party.
Sep 3, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Minnesota Democrats Are at War Over the “Mamdani of Minneapolis” Minnesota Democrats Are at War Over the “Mamdani of Minneapolis”
Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Omar Fateh won the endorsement of his city party. Then the state party overturned the result. Representative Ilhan Omar calls it “inexcusabl...
Aug 26, 2025 / John Nichols
Andrew Cuomo Has Unmasked Himself as a Full-Blown Trumpist Andrew Cuomo Has Unmasked Himself as a Full-Blown Trumpist
The disgraced former governor is repeatedly proving just how similar he is to the disgraced current president.
Aug 22, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Mamdani’s Victory Over Fear Mamdani’s Victory Over Fear
New York's political establishment threw the whole post-9/11 playbook against the Democratic nominee for mayor, and came up empty.
Aug 12, 2025 / Spencer Ackerman
Democrats Keep Misreading the Working Class Democrats Keep Misreading the Working Class
Many in the party see workers as drifting rightward. But new data show they’re more progressive than ever on economic issues—if Democrats are willing to meet them there.
Aug 11, 2025 / Bhaskar Sunkara