Opinion

We Need Sanders and Warren to Cooperate in the Primary

The real fight is for progressive power in the Democratic Party.

Julian Brave NoiseCat

A Primary Is a Competition. Bernie Should Play To Win.

There's no need to hedge our bets.

Carl Beijer

Why Bernie Can’t Be Organizer-In-Chief

Movements, not candidates, should drive progressive agendas.

Brian Tokar

Warren’s an Ally. We Need a Leader.

Elizabeth Warren isn’t the president we need in this moment.

Rachel Gilmer

Imagine Elizabeth Warren as President. Now Imagine Bernie Sanders.

We asked their supporters to really think through what a progressive president could—and couldn't—do.

Jessica Stites

The Decade That Put Capitalism On Trial

How the 2008 financial crisis kicked off a new age of dissent

Astra Taylor

Fox News, Trump’s Ministry of Propaganda

For nearly a quarter of American adults, Fox News is their only cable news source. It tells them what Trump wants them to hear.

Joel Bleifuss

What the U.S. Left Can Learn From the Labour Party’s Epic Loss

Liberal pundits say the lesson is that Democrats shouldn’t move left. They’re wrong.

David Adler

Yes, Trump’s Impeachment Is a Partisan Pursuit—Just As It Should Be

What Trump's defenders miss: impeachment only works when it's partisan.

Thomas Geoghegan

Even in Bankruptcy, Coal Companies Can’t Stop Selling Out Workers

The industry sees its employees like it sees the Earth: Just another resource to exploit.

Sarah Lazare

Centrists Don’t Want “Party Unity”—They Want to Defend the Wealthy

Attacks by moderate Democrats on Bernie Sanders are really about defending corporate power and structural inequality.

Christopher D. Cook

Trump Has Quietly Implemented a Far-Right Takeover of the Courts That Will Last Generations

Imperiling progressive change "for as long as we live," 1 in 5 federal judges is now a Trump appointee.

Jake Johnson

Reagan Lives On in Biden

For 40 years, Biden has pushed to cut federal spending. In a recession, don't expect him to prime the pump.

Branko Marcetic

The Takeaway From the Impeachment Hearings: Our Constitution Has Failed

To guard against another authoritarian president we can’t impeach, we need to reform our constitution.

Chris Edelson

Winning Medicare for All Will Require Taking On Powerful Interests. Here’s How We Overcame One.

The American Medical Association's decision to leave an industry-backed, anti-single payer group didn't happen on its own. It was the result of dedicated organizing to make healthcare a human right.

Connie Huynh

Want More Proof of Corporate Media’s Anti-Bernie Bias? Look at MSNBC’s Democratic Debate.

During the debate and in the spin room, Sanders was treated more like an outsider than a front runner. It’s part of a broader anti-Bernie slant in the “liberal” network’s coverage.

Branko Marcetic

Why “High Hopes” Is the Perfect Dance Song for the Buttigieg Campaign

It’s a meritocratic fantasy.

Dayton Martindale

With Net Neutrality Axed, Local Governments Are Racing To Save the Open Internet

Cities and states are leading the way in defending the internet from corporate control.

Victor Pickard and David Elliot Berman