Politics

The Other Democratic Socialist From Brooklyn

Community organizer Debbie Medina is running for state Senate on an anti-gentrification platform.

Haley Markbreiter

Bill Moyers: Economic Inequality Is a Threat to the Very Core of Our Democracy

Plutocracy and democracy cannot coexist.

Bill Moyers

The GOP Wants To Blame Black Misery on Democratic Mayors. Here’s Why That’s Wrong.

It is intellectually dishonest to imply that state and federal policies do not play an outsize role in the condition of urban black communities.

James Thindwa

BREAKING: Obama Administration Steps In to Halt Dakota Access Pipeline—For Now

After months of protest by Native tribes, the federal government has issued an order to stop the pipeline, reversing a judge's ruling made earlier in the day.

Kate Aronoff

Using Elections to Rage Against—And Reform—the Democratic Machine

The authors of a new book talk about how progressives can win elections in the 21st century.

Theo Anderson

A Guided Tour of the Racist, Crypto-Fascist “Alt-Right” By Breitbart News

Making sense of the far-right Breitbart News' exploration of conservative alternatives and their many deviations.

Jim Naureckas

Hillary: Here’s a Stake, Find Neoliberalism’s Heart

We need Clinton to take up Bernie Sanders' progressive charge and end the long reign of market fundamentalism.

Susan J. Douglas

The National Security “Experts” Denouncing Trump Are a Who’s Who of Disastrous Neocons

The enemies of my enemy may be war criminals.

Rebecca Gordon

How Hillary Clinton and “American Power” Paved the Way for Shocking Violence in Honduras

A recent op-ed fails to acknowledge the relationship between U.S. support for a coup and the Honduran murder rate.

Jim Naureckas

“The fix is in”: How the Blair Government Helped U.K. Companies Profit From the Iraq War

Declassified documents from the lead-up to war show oil, gas and other corporations scrambling to capitalize on Iraq.

Branko Marcetic

The Media Could Still Help Elect Trump

Trump can't reboot his campaign unless the press reboots it for him.

Neal Gabler

The Black Political Establishment Should Never Have Given Hillary Clinton a Blank Check

The Sanders campaign was an opportunity to put pressure on Clinton, but instead the neoliberal Black elite backed her unconditionally.

James Thindwa

Why Bernie Sanders Lost, and How the Next Progressive Challenger Can Win

Lessons from a campaign that outperformed expectations but still came up short.

Christopher Hass

Bernie Sanders’ Delegates Speak Out About Convention: “They Painted Us As Crazy”

Will the Democratic Party embrace its insurgent wing?

Kate Aronoff

An Inside-Outside Strategy For the Political Revolution

Raucous protests and down-ballot Democrats can beat the Bernie-or-bust blues.

Joel Bleifuss

The Two Faces of Obama’s Immigration Policy

The relief that never happened and the raids that did.

Annie Hylton

Crowd Reactions at the Democratic Convention Point To a Coming Party Realignment

As Democrats scramble to unify a divergent party under one roof, there’s a new kind of unity on the horizon.

Kate Aronoff

At the DNC, Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Shack Up With the Fourth Estate

Corporations, politicians and the media get cozy in Philadelphia—and face pushback.

Kate Aronoff