Politics

The Electoral College Needs to Go. Here’s How States Can Bypass It.

Hillary Clinton and Al Gore both won the popular vote, but lost the election. It’s time for the people to choose who becomes president.

In These Times Editors

Biden Can't Reach His Own Climate Goals Without Banning Fracking

Trump tried—and failed—to ride fears about a fracking ban to a second term. Now Biden needs to confront fossil fuels.

Wenonah Hauter

Democrats Are Scared to Use Their Best Leverage

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

Hamilton Nolan

Joe Biden Owes His Victory to the Left, No Matter What the Democratic Party Says

Organizers, not consultants, delivered key states like Pennsylvania, Arizona and Georgia. Democrats ignore this reality at their peril.

Rebecca Chowdhury

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

The MAGA Army Tries to Drag America to Hell

Dear Leader Trump's toy soldiers make one last stand on the streets of Washington, DC

Hamilton Nolan

Biden’s First Priority: Undo the Damage Done by Trump

President Biden can make progressive appointments and executive actions—no matter who controls the Senate.

Rick Perlstein

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

The $15 Minimum Wage Won in Florida, But Biden Didn't. Here's Why.

Activists say the key was actually talking about working-class issues.

McKenna Schueler

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

Bernie Sanders Is Actively Running for Labor Secretary

Coy before the election, the Vermont Senator is now rallying support to join the Biden administration cabinet

Hamilton Nolan

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

The Great American Election Catharsis Party

In Philly, MAGA dreams meet mathematical realities.

Hamilton Nolan

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