Opinion

On Environment, Biden Needs to Do a Lot More than Roll Back the Rollbacks

President Trump gutted almost 100 environmental protections. Here’s a list of the ones Biden should undo first and why he must not stop there.

Jonathan Thompson

Democrats Are Scared to Use Their Best Leverage

They need to start holding hostage the things that Republicans hold dear

Hamilton Nolan

The Message from this Election? Bring the “Ruckus on the Democratic Party.”

Don't believe the establishment: The 2020 election results are a vindication of the Left’s inside-outside strategy.

Joel Bleifuss

In a Functioning Democracy, Pelosi and Schumer Would Have Already Been Tossed from Democratic Leadership

Democratic Party leaders have clung to a failed centrist political strategy. It’s time to move on—by elevating progressives.

Elias Alsbergas

Instead of Repeating the Obama Administration, Biden Must Do Better. Here's How.

A successful Biden presidency will require immediately making working people's lives better—and this is where to start.

Branko Marcetic

This Small City Is Proving That Left-Wing Ideas Can Triumph at the Ballot Box

Socialists just helped pass a slate of progressive ballot measures in Portland, Maine—signaling that voters are hungry for bold policies that favor the working class.

Meaghan LaSala

Power Comes From Class War, Not Biden

The Left needs workers more than it needs the Democratic Party.

Hamilton Nolan

Keep Rahm Emanuel As Far Away As Possible From the Biden Administration

Neoliberal architect Rahm Emanuel is reportedly being considered for a top spot in Biden’s cabinet. That idea needs to be immediately thrown in the trash.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

It’s Time for the Democrats to Deliver for Workers. Fighting for the PRO Act Is the First Step.

With Joe Biden winning the presidency, the Democratic Party needs to come through for working people by passing legislation to dramatically expand labor rights across the United States.

Jim Williams

Joe Biden Said He's Against the Yemen War. He Needs To End It on Day One.

Here's what Biden can do to halt all U.S. assistance to the onslaught he helped start.

Sarah Lazare

What Democrats Should Learn From the Spate of Socialist Wins on Election Day

It's not enough to be anti-Trump. Socialists are showing you can win elections by standing for something.

Mindy Isser

Everyone Needs to Be More Furious Right Now

Trump and gangster Republicans are now very openly trying to steal a presidential election.

Hamilton Nolan

Things We Already Know

On Election Day, remember that America has already shown us who it is.

Hamilton Nolan

How Our Politics Came Undone

Under Trump, our notion of shared truth has been shattered. In its place, monsters have swarmed.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Left-Wing Groups Are Filling the Void Left By an "Invisible" Biden Campaign in Michigan

If Joe Biden wins Michigan, he’ll have these independent, grassroots groups to thank.

Eli Day

Trump’s Calls for Voter Intimidation Are Already Being Heeded. Here’s How to Respond.

We could see a deluge of Trump-sponsored voter intimidation on Election Day. Protecting our democracy requires stopping it in its tracks.

Jeff Schuhrke

Remember What They Did

Do not allow the enablers of the Trump administration to rejoin polite society, ever.

Hamilton Nolan

Don’t Be Fooled: Billionaires Are Fighting the Fair Tax Because They Don’t Want to Pay Up

The Illinois Fair Tax proposal would benefit the working class, communities of color and women by finally taxing the super-rich. That’s why wealthy people are trying to kill it.

Amisha Patel