Why Bernie Sanders Wasn’t Invited to CAP’s Ideas Conference Why Bernie Sanders Wasn’t Invited to CAP’s Ideas Conference
May 17, 2017 / George Zornick
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
To the Republic, for Which It Stands To the Republic, for Which It Stands
The broad Trumpian vow to “Make America Great Again” chimed in near-perfect unison with the cultural offensives of the Christian right.
May 17, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Can Senator Jeff Merkley Help Democrats Reclaim the Health-Care Narrative? Can Senator Jeff Merkley Help Democrats Reclaim the Health-Care Narrative?
The soft-spoken Oregonian is a relentless legislator and a staunch progressive—and his rise comes at a crucial time.
May 16, 2017 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
Pramila Jayapal Wants Democrats to Know That Resistance Is Not Enough Pramila Jayapal Wants Democrats to Know That Resistance Is Not Enough
The freshman congresswoman from Washington thinks that this is the time when progressive ideas can go mainstream.
May 15, 2017 / Feature / Joan Walsh
Trump’s Budget Betrays His Supporters. Here’s One That Doesn’t. Trump’s Budget Betrays His Supporters. Here’s One That Doesn’t.
The People’s Budget would strengthen the middle class and promote economic security for all.
May 9, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Asking for a Friend: I Have a Fancy Law Degree, but No One Will Hire Me to Do Good! Asking for a Friend: I Have a Fancy Law Degree, but No One Will Hire Me to Do Good!
And another reader loves a prickly communist.
May 5, 2017 / Liza Featherstone
What Will Kill Neoliberalism? What Will Kill Neoliberalism?
A roundtable on its fate.
May 4, 2017 / Feature / Joelle Gamble, Paul Mason, Bryce Covert, William Darity Jr., and Peter Barnes
Again, Is the Possibility of a Trump-Putin Détente Really Dead? Again, Is the Possibility of a Trump-Putin Détente Really Dead?
“Kremlingate” is said to have killed any prospect for Trump administration cooperation with Putin’s Kremlin, but the May 2 phone talk between the two leaders showed it is still ali...
May 3, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Democratic Party Is Fighting Over Its Future. How Important Will Defending Abortion Rights Be? The Democratic Party Is Fighting Over Its Future. How Important Will Defending Abortion Rights Be?
It’s one thing to acknowledge that anti-choice Democratic leaders exist. It’s another to say that the party should welcome them to get back into the majority.
May 3, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt