The Last Lost Cause
Was the mid-century dominance of southern Democrats essential to the defeat of Hitler and the triumph of American democracy?
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Which Side Are They On?
A titanic struggle is brewing in California between Silicon Valley capitalists and workers. Democratic Party elites will have to pick a side.
No, Progressive Challengers Are Not “Far Left”
The Democratic establishment just launched a new PAC to go to war against progressive candidates who challenge incumbents — and the media is doing everything they can to help.
Stacey Abrams’s Record Is Not as Progressive as She Wants You to Think
Stacey Abrams shows every sign of becoming a fixture of national Democratic politics, thanks in part to unwaveringly positive press attention. Yet little of that media coverage has focused on her centrist legislative record or her coziness with the business world.
Congress’s Israel Support Is Out of Touch With Voters
Polling of US voters shows growing sympathy for Palestinians. But this week, the Senate couldn't even bring itself to pass a modest measure to investigate whether Israel is using US aid to violate human rights.
Joe Biden’s Lobbyists Are Helping Big Pharma Profiteers
The pharmaceutical industry wants Americans to continue paying far more for medicines than people in any other country, to protect their tremendous profits. And one of Joe Biden’s top campaign consulting firms is helping them.
Joe Biden Tried to Cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare for 40 Years
Joe Biden was once a New Deal Democrat. Then he “evolved” and starting backing decades of Republican plans to cut Medicare and Social Security.
Democratic Leaders Join House Republican Attack on “Socialism”
House Republicans have wasted no time in red-baiting the Left, and the centrist leadership of the Democratic Party has apparently been happy to join them.
Did We Really Need a Hillary Clinton Novel? (The Answer Is No)
Hillary Clinton’s fiction debut fails for the same reason centrist Dems are struggling politically: their Trump obsession is boring.
What Bernie Supporters Want
The Sanders campaign has been driven by class politics, not white male angst.
The Cynical Sit-In
The congressional sit-in was not just cynical political theater — it was for a deeply reactionary cause.
In 2023, Politics Are Probably Going to Stay Stuck. That’s a Good Thing for the Right.
With dueling investigations into Donald Trump and Hunter Biden, low-energy presidential campaigns based on not being the other guy, and maybe a government shutdown, 2023 will see political gridlock. Except in the conservative Supreme Court, that is.
The Third Way’s Last Triumph
Hillary Clinton's triangulation may win in November, but it's a politics that has little future.
Democratic Budget Obstructionism Is Brought to You by Big Oil and Big Pharma
The Democrats threatening to help Republicans halt a budget package have taken in millions from Big Pharma and fossil fuel industries worried about losing profits if the budget passes.
The Red Menace Is Real
Donald Trump is right: the biggest threat to his administration right now isn't from liberals. It's from Bernie Sanders and democratic socialists.
For Republicans, There Will Be No “Return to Normal”
Rightward Republican Party radicalization is well-positioned for continuing political success, even as it promises to bring political and economic instability for the country and the world with it.
On Immigration, Trumpism Is Now Democratic Common Sense
The past week saw Democrats take up Trump’s hard-right immigration policy as their own for campaign fodder, with the liberal press’s assent. The very xenophobia that Democrats decried as “fascism” has become their policy agenda.
Bigger Police Budgets Could Be Used for Abortion Crackdowns
Democrats’ midterm strategy is to endorse both law enforcement funding and abortion rights. But there’s a problem: where abortion bans exist, police are now tasked with enforcing them.
When Social Democracy Was Vibrant
The German Social Democrats built a world of cultural institutions that improved workers' immediate lives — while organizing for a socialist future.
To Fight Trump’s Rising Authoritarianism, Dems Must Drop Their Learned Helplessness
Donald Trump is making it very clear that he has few qualms about using undemocratic, authoritarian means to stay in power. If they’re serious about stopping him, Democrats will have to stop cowering in fear and act like a real opposition party.