A New York Constitutional Convention Could Threaten the State’s Progressive Fabric A New York Constitutional Convention Could Threaten the State’s Progressive Fabric
The case against a constitutional convention in New York State.
Nov 3, 2017 / Bob Master
Texas Wants to Make It Easier to Fire People for Criminal Records Texas Wants to Make It Easier to Fire People for Criminal Records
An Obama-era rule is in danger if the Lone Star State’s lawsuit succeeds.
Nov 1, 2017 / Eric Cortellessa
This North Carolina County Has a Thriving Branch of the NAACP—and It’s Mostly White This North Carolina County Has a Thriving Branch of the NAACP—and It’s Mostly White
The chapter reveals the promise and pitfalls of racial-justice solidarity.
Oct 31, 2017 / Michael Schulson
Meet the Black Woman Candidate Who’ll Talk to Men in Confederate-Flag T-Shirts Meet the Black Woman Candidate Who’ll Talk to Men in Confederate-Flag T-Shirts
In Virginia, Jennifer Carroll Foy is making an audacious run for the House of Delegates.
Oct 27, 2017 / Joan Walsh
The Obsession With White Voters Could Cost Democrats the Virginia Governor’s Race The Obsession With White Voters Could Cost Democrats the Virginia Governor’s Race
If Ralph Northam’s campaign is any indication, Democrats have learned the wrong lesson from 2016.
Oct 23, 2017 / Steve Phillips
‘We Have Not a Government’: The US Before the Constitution ‘We Have Not a Government’: The US Before the Constitution
An interview with George William Van Cleve, author of a new book about a period of crisis that offers tools for thinking about our own.
Oct 23, 2017 / Asked & Answered / Richard Kreitner
It Feels Surreal Being a Puerto Rican in the United States These Days It Feels Surreal Being a Puerto Rican in the United States These Days
The disaster has revealed our ambiguous status as citizen-strangers.
Oct 17, 2017 / Javier Morillo
Why Democrats Need a 50-State Strategy Why Democrats Need a 50-State Strategy
There is a real desire for progressive solutions in every part of the country—including areas that many Democrats have, unfortunately, written off.
Oct 10, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
North Carolina’s Gerrymandering Puts Democracy on the Line North Carolina’s Gerrymandering Puts Democracy on the Line
How the GOP uses redistricting to maintain power in a purple state.
Sep 27, 2017 / Feature / Barry Yeoman
Red-State Governments Are Trying to Take Back Your Minimum-Wage Hike and LGBTQ Protections Red-State Governments Are Trying to Take Back Your Minimum-Wage Hike and LGBTQ Protections
But these cities won’t let them.
Sep 26, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias