Politics

This Former NFL Player Is Running on a Progressive Agenda to Flip a Red District in Texas

Former linebacker Colin Allred is hoping to take out Republican Rep. Pete Sessions by campaigning on Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and automatic voter registration. But first, he will have to win the upcoming Democratic primary.

Kate Aronoff

No More Fairy Tales: Why the United States Needs a Whole New Operating System

Thomas Linzey

Bernie Sanders Just Sidestepped Corporate Media to Promote Medicare for All to 1 Million Viewers

The democratic socialist senator’s town hall on universal healthcare marks a new phase in the political revolution.

Theo Anderson

Democratic Leaders Sold Out DACA Recipients. Maybe It’s Time for Voters to Replace Them.

By negotiating a government funding deal with no protections for immigrants, top Democrats made a strong case for why the party's activist base should be able to replace them with new leadership.

Kate Aronoff

Centrist Dems May Not Call Black and Brown Communities Shitholes—But They Treat Them That Way

The loud denunciations of Trump serve to hide liberal racism.

Benji Hart

How Wisconsin’s Progressive Revival Could Help Randy Bryce Unseat Paul Ryan

A surge of grassroots organizing mixed with anger at Trump and the GOP could pave the way for Bryce to take down the House Speaker.

Kate Aronoff

Move Over, Corporate Democrats. A New Wave of Left Populists Is on the Rise.

It's 2018. Candidates don't need the establishment anymore.

Theo Anderson

The GOP Tax Bill Opened a New Front in the Class War

Republicans just sold out the poor and middle class to enrich the wealthy elite. Next year is an opportunity to take back what's rightfully ours.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Roy Moore’s Loss Signals a GOP Tearing Itself Apart Ahead of 2018

The upset win by Doug Jones in Alabama shows the Republicans have nothing to offer and everything to lose.

Theo Anderson

The Self-Help Guru Who Shaped Trump’s Worldview

How the commander-in-chief succumbs to the perils of positive thinking.

Chris Lehmann

Berniecrats Score Another Major Win Against the Democratic Establishment

Under proposed reforms pushed by backers of Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential primary would take place on a much fairer playing field than in 2016.

Cole Stangler

Trump’s FCC Bids Farewell to the Internet as We Know It

The internet is about to become more expensive and far less free.

Mark Dunbar

When Billionaires Battle for Public Office, Working People Always Lose

The upcoming Illinois governor’s race is more proof that big campaign spending narrows political possibilities and increases inequality.

Emma Tai

Worried About Russian Foreign Interference? Take a Look Into Saudi Arabia.

For decades, the D.C. establishment has been on the payroll of a foreign terror state. But because it's Saudi Arabia, you won't hear a peep.

Branko Marcetic

A Newly Elected Democratic Socialist On How to Win in Trump Country

Ross Grooters explains how he won a city council seat as an open socialist in Pleasant Hill, Iowa—which last year went for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton.

Isaiah J. Poole, People's Action

Why Didn’t We Listen to this Guy?: Bernie Sanders on the GOP Tax Plan and Global Oligarchy

Rural America In These Times

How Democratic Socialists Took On Centrists and the Right Wing at the Ballot Box

David Duhalde, deputy director of the Democratic Socialists of America, discusses the group's recent electoral success—and what they have planned for 2018.

Sarah Jaffe

Bernie Sanders Is Now Backing Randy Bryce—Which Could Be Very Bad News for Paul Ryan

Sanders' endorsement of Bryce comes at a time when the former union organizer and steelworker is rising in the polls in his bid to unseat House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Marc Daalder