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Trump’s Main Policy Is Destruction—Ours Must Be More Than Resistance Trump’s Main Policy Is Destruction—Ours Must Be More Than Resistance

The time to create alternatives is now.

Jul 28, 2017 / Column / Kai Wright

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Letters From the August 14-21, 2017, Issue Letters From the August 14-21, 2017, Issue

The real crime… Reconstructing/deconstructing… Eating the environment…

Jul 27, 2017 / Our Readers

Anti-Trump protest in NYC

How Are We Going to Survive the Next 42 Months of Trump? How Are We Going to Survive the Next 42 Months of Trump?

Many progressives are depressed and angry. But there are also glimmers of hope.

Jul 27, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Unveiling of 'A Better Deal'

Democrats Are Finally Waking Up Democrats Are Finally Waking Up

Two new economic agendas are moving the party in a starkly populist direction.

Jul 26, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Young Sanders supporters in Brooklyn

Corbyn and Sanders Show That Neoliberalism Has Failed to Privatize Hope Corbyn and Sanders Show That Neoliberalism Has Failed to Privatize Hope

A generation trained to be selfish is anything but. 

Jul 26, 2017 / Ronald Aronson

The Left’s Opportunity in Wisconsin

The Left’s Opportunity in Wisconsin The Left’s Opportunity in Wisconsin

Progressive politics once thrived in the state, and the need for it still exists.

Jul 25, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Jones

Participants at a pro-union rally

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

Sanders Clinton CNN debate

The Circular Firing Squad Isn’t Amusing Anymore The Circular Firing Squad Isn’t Amusing Anymore

The left is tearing itself apart.

Jul 19, 2017 / Danny Goldberg

Nurses gather to protest healthcare cuts at the National Day of Action in Los Angeles on January 15, 2017.

Since When Is It Not Okay to Play Hardball With the Democrats? Since When Is It Not Okay to Play Hardball With the Democrats?

The real issue in the fight for single-payer health care in California is not cost—it is political will and political priorities.

Jul 17, 2017 / RoseAnn DeMoro

Ben Jealous in West Baltimore

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

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