The Left

What Can the Left Do About Trump?

What Can the Left Do About Trump? What Can the Left Do About Trump?

Jim Zirin in conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel.

Jun 1, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Jeremy Corby 2017 Election

Is Britain Also Feeling the Bern? Is Britain Also Feeling the Bern?

When bold populism gets a fair hearing, funny things start to happen. 

Jun 1, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

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To Impeach or Not to Impeach? And Is That Even the Question? To Impeach or Not to Impeach? And Is That Even the Question?

Four writers debate whether Trump's removal from office is a priority or a distraction.

May 31, 2017 / That’s Debatable / Doug Henwood, Steve Phillips, Christopher D. Cook, and Medea Benjamin

Christine Pellegrino Win

No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning. No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning.

The demand for fundamental change sparked by the Sanders insurgency is still building inside and outside the Democratic Party.

May 30, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Christine Pellegrino Win

‘This Is a Thunderbolt of Resistance’ ‘This Is a Thunderbolt of Resistance’

Progressives are flipping Republican statehouse seats to the Democrats—and sending a message to the rest of the country.

May 24, 2017 / John Nichols

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These Protesters Are Hitting Trump Where It Actually Hurts These Protesters Are Hitting Trump Where It Actually Hurts

Could the president be influenced by threats to his profit margin?

May 23, 2017 / Mattea Kramer

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Trump Escalates the War on Women Trump Escalates the War on Women

Reproductive rights are not merely a women’s health issue—they are an essential component of economic health and security as well.

May 23, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren

How Can Democrats Form an Agenda When Trump Looms Over Everything? How Can Democrats Form an Agenda When Trump Looms Over Everything?

Democrats also need to beef up their foreign-policy analyses. 

May 19, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Sen. Bernie Sanders

Why Bernie Sanders Wasn’t Invited to CAP’s Ideas Conference Why Bernie Sanders Wasn’t Invited to CAP’s Ideas Conference

The party has a coalition-building problem.

May 17, 2017 / George Zornick

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Georgia Can Elect the First African-American Woman Governor in History Georgia Can Elect the First African-American Woman Governor in History

Democrats, please don’t mess this one up!

May 17, 2017 / Steve Phillips

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