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July 30, 2021
Nina Turner Wants to Go to Congress as a Champion for Labor Rights
“I’ve definitely been in the trenches with my labor sisters and brothers,” says the candidate, who has a long history of defending unions.
John Nichols
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July 28, 2021
Democrats Must Control the Crime Narrative Before It Controls Them
Democrats should offer their own 21st-century vision for reducing crime.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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July 26, 2021
Where Would We Be Without the New Deal?
A new history charts the forgotten ways the social politics of the Roosevelt years transformed the United States.
Michael Kazin
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July 24, 2021
India Walton: ‘Finally We’ll Be Able to Put Resources Behind All of These Bold, Visionary Ideas’
The winner of Buffalo’s Democratic mayoral primary knows that the key to making the bold progressive change the city needs is control of the budget and prioritization of resources.
John Nichols
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July 23, 2021
It’s Nina Turner Against the Democratic Establishment in Ohio 11
The progressive congressional candidate hoped her longtime Democratic Party status could shield her from establishment backlash. It has not.
Joan Walsh
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July 21, 2021
Progressives Around the Country Are Recalling Sewer Socialism’s Proud History
At the local level, sidewalk socialists represent a movement whose time has come.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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July 15, 2021
Utopia Is Possible—Yes, Even Now, Especially Now—but We Have to Demand It
Radical faith in grand visions is supercharged by the promise that fundamental change is possible.
John Nichols
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July 14, 2021
Utopia and Dystopia Are Twins—Both Are Born Out of Criticism
But it is only Utopia that allows us to dream together.
Jeet Heer
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July 13, 2021
The Community That May Be Hurt Most by Republican Voter Restrictions: Americans With Disabilities
Bills making it harder for them to vote from home are an affront to their civil rights.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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July 12, 2021
Eric Adams Is Going to Be a Very Different Kind of Mayor
His deep ties to organized labor and Democratic institutions make him a tough opponent for the city’s left. Yet the same institutional checks that have long frustrated progressives will also restrain Adams’s ability to roll back tenant protections.
Ross Barkan