Opinion

Some on the Left Want To Nationalize Amazon. Breaking It Up Is a Safer Bet.

Antitrust action has worked in the past. We can use the same model against Amazon.

David Dayen

We Have a Dental Care Crisis. Medicare for All Could Solve It.

Guaranteed dental coverage would finally put an end to the deep inequities in U.S. oral health.

Natalie Shure

Ranked Choice Voting Is On a Roll: 6 States Have Opted In for the 2020 Democratic Primary

We can get rid of the "spoiler" effect and make our elections more democratic. In fact, it's already happening in states across the country.

David Daley

Julián Castro’s Troubling Record in San Antonio

While Castro may now boast of his progressive bona fides, his record shows a history of embracing austerity and neoliberal reforms.

Branko Marcetic

Biden and the Obama Admin Are Finally Getting the Reckoning They Deserve

From immigration to tax deals, Thursday night’s debate saw the troubling records of both Biden and the Obama administration put on trial. It’s long overdue.

Branko Marcetic

Trump’s EPA Has a Monsanto Problem

The EPA is meant to protect us. Instead, it's been captured by industry.

Joel Bleifuss

Yes, A Woman Can Beat Trump

Democrats have learned all the wrong lessons from the 2016 election.

Kathleen Geier

Bernie Sanders Has Laid Out the Stakes of the 2020 Election: Democratic Socialism or Barbarism

In a widely touted speech, Sanders explained why an unapologetic democratic socialist vision is the only antidote to the oligarchy and authoritarianism embodied by President Trump.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Sick of Hearing About Electability? It Will Take Organizing To Expand Our Political Imagination.

To overcome the insistent messaging of the corporate media and Democratic establishment, we need grassroots people power.

Malaika Jabali

“Electability” Is Astrology for Pundits

Expert predictions often represent little more than calcified prejudice.

Jonathan Cohn

Donald Trump’s Path to Victory

This is how the GOP plans to re-elect Trump in 2020.

Joel Bleifuss

No One Should Ever Listen to Anything Rahm Emanuel Has to Say About Politics

No amount of rebranding can change the fact that Rahm Emanuel's political career has been an abject failure.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

It’s Not Progressive To Fund Medicare for All by Agreeing to a Bloated Military

House Progressives tried to tie funding for bold social programs to the military budget, dollar for dollar. That's timid and wrongheaded.

Sarah Lazare

Write Black Americans a Check Already

Direct payments to individuals are an important piece of any reparations program.

William Darity Jr. and Kirsten Mullen

Universal Programs, Not Reparations, Are Needed To Counter Racism’s Effects

The racial wealth gap is real and pernicious, but reparations are not the answer.

Zaid Jilani and Leighton Woodhouse

The 2020 Candidates Are Dodging the Reparations Question

Here's what they get wrong, and how to get it right.

Janaé Bonsu

The Wrong Way To Defend Later Abortions

We shouldn't use worst-case scenarios to justify later abortions. We should defend them unequivocally.

Bobby Walker

Make Elizabeth Warren Hate Again

We don't just need Elizabeth Warren's ideas. We need her rage.

Moe Tkacik