Politics

Why Donald Trump’s Election Moved This 19-Year-Old to Tears
A college student reacts to her first election: "We were on the precipice of breaking the glass ceiling."
Samantha Knapp
A Q&A with Jane McAlevey: “We Can Turn This Thing Around More Quickly Than Most People Think”
The longtime labor organizer reflects on the election and talks about where we go from here.
Kate Aronoff
Why Our Universities Must Provide Sanctuary to Undocumented Immigrants
In the age of Trump, it's more important than ever for our learning institutions to join the fight against racism and xenophobia.
Alecia Richards
Trump’s Victory Is a Wake-Up Call to the Left
Did we do enough in 2016? And how can we build a broader electoral movement?
Lynn Koh
How Inequality Guts Democracy, Suppresses the Vote And Keeps the GOP in Power
If you're poor, you're more likely to prefer Democrats, but not vote. If you're affluent, you're more likely to favor Republicans and actually vote.
Theo Anderson
Donald Trump May Have Won—But This Is No Right-Wing Revolution
What the data can tell us on what went wrong, and how to move forward.
Mike Davis
“The Death of the Optimism of an Entire Generation”: College Students React to Trump’s Election
Millennials—who overwhelmingly voted for Hillary Clinton—had a range of reactions, from despair to defiance.
Olivia Adams
Fighting Trump Isn’t Enough—We Must Also Wage War Within the Democratic Party
Absent our activism, the changing face of the GOP will continue to drag the Democrats further to the right.
Shaun Richman
Meet the 21-year-old Undocumented Student Who Called Out Rahm Emanuel to His Face Over Immigration
Luis Gomez publicly blasted Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Rep. Luis Gutiérrez for failing to do enough to protect all immigrants facing the threat of a Trump presidency—and for supporting Hillary Clinton and “stale neoliberal policies” over Bernie Sanders’ campaign.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
After Trump’s Election, I Regret Being Leftier-Than-Thou. It’s Time To Get To Know My Neighbors.
In addition to organizing resistance, progressives should build communities that support and protect the vulnerable.
Frida Berrigan
America Is About to Become a Global Pariah
No matter how the rest of the world looked at us on Nov. 7, Donald Trump's win means they will now look at us differently.
Neal Gabler
Trump Won Because the Democratic Party Failed, Not Because the White Working Class Revolted
It’s time to stop uselessly pouring energy into the black hole of the Democratic Party.
Arun Gupta
Robert Reich: It’s Time to Dismantle the Democratic Party and Start Anew
Trump's victory only confirms that the Democratic Party as it stands is a corporate fundraising machine that doesn't speak to the needs of working people. We need to build a party that actually represents the working class.
Robert Reich
The Election was a Referendum on Globalization and Demographics—Not Neoliberalism
It also represented the consolidation of a misogynistic white united front.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Don’t Blame Voters of Color for Not Turning Out. Blame Voter Suppression and the Clinton Campaign.
Liberals took people of color's votes for granted, while conservatives kept them from the polls.
Marc Daalder
Trump Won Because Democrats Have Lost Touch With the Working Class
The Republican nominee tapped into the anger, pain and fear that motivated voters this election.
Marilyn Katz
What Trump’s Victory Tells Us: The Culture Wars Continue, But There’s a New “Wedge”
Trump used economics as a wedge issue in a novel way for the GOP, while submerging the old social issues.
Theo Anderson
Trump Won, But the Future Still Belongs to the Left
Moving forward, step one is to support the communities of color, immigrants, Muslims and women who Trump's America threatens most.
LeeAnn Hall and George Goehl
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