Politics

Bernie-or-Bust Is Real and Probably Not Going Away Anytime Soon

The DNC is shaking up to be a wild experiment in democracy.

Kate Aronoff

How the Democratic Convention Became a One-Stop Shop for Corporations Seeking Political Influence

A group of activists in Philadelphia is fighting back.

Ethan Corey

Leaked DNC Emails Show How Blatantly Democrats Trade Access For Donations

The WikiLeaks dump reveals an entrenched pay-to-play culture within the Democratic Party.

Branko Marcetic

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Is Done at the DNC. But She’s Not the Only Obstacle To Party Unity.

Divisions within the Democratic Party take center stage at this week's convention.

Kate Aronoff

Superdelegate Showdown: Round One Goes to the Democratic National Committee

Democratic Party activists lost at the Rules Committee meeting, but garnered enough support to take their fight to abolish superdelegates to the floor of the convention.

Kate Aronoff

Activists Push the Democrats for Real Solutions on Climate Change

The Democrats' climate platform beats the Republicans', but it doesn't go far enough.

Kate Aronoff

Trump Has Concocted a Dangerous New Blend of Pseudo-Leftism and Nativist Populism

The RNC showed Republicans are moving in a new, and frightening, direction.

Theo Anderson

Is Hillary Clinton a Progressive? Not If She Chooses Tim Kaine

By choosing Tim Kaine as her vice president, Clinton signaled that she values progressives in name and vote only.

Jodi Jacobson

Ted Cruz’s Speech Was the Final Sign of the GOPocalypse

The party of Lincoln is going up in flames--and embracing it.

Chris Lehmann

‘Make America Great Again’ Is All That’s Left Holding the GOP Together

Donald Trump’s shallow slogan also shows his strength.

Theo Anderson

Anti-Trump Activists Form a Human Wall Outside the RNC

Pro-immigrant groups and other progressive protesters rebuke the Republican nominee.

Joshua Alvarez

The RNC Shows the GOP’s Base Is Getting Smaller and Angrier

Conservatives, once a self-proclaimed "silent majority," have become a loud, defensive minority.

Theo Anderson

RNC Day 1: The Real World, Cleveland

Reality TV star Donald Trump brings his show to Cleveland, where the GOP party faithful are plotting to vote Hillary Clinton off the island.

Theo Anderson

Disappointed By the Democratic Party Platform? Follow the Money.

Several delegates to the platform drafting committee have deep financial ties to conservative industries.

Branko Marcetic

Meet Chris Antal, the U.S. Army Chaplain Who Resigned Over the Drone Program

'We have morally disengaged, outsourcing our killing, forgetting that the bloodshed is on our hands too.'

Branko Marcetic

How to Make the Democratic Party Platform Actually Matter

Bernie Sanders’ delegates have shaped the most progressive platform ever. History shows what it takes to turn that into policy.

Maurice Isserman

Blair to Bush on Day After 9/11: “Co-opt” Sympathy for the U.S. to Support Military Action

Declassified communications from the U.K. to the U.S. show the depth of Blair's commitment to toppling Saddam Hussein.

Branko Marcetic

Many Pro-Bernie Groups Don’t Want Trump But Still Don’t Trust Clinton. Here’s Their Plan.

Sanders may have endorsed Clinton, but the groups supporting him are plotting a fight for progressive policies far beyond the 2016 election

Ethan Corey