Voting Rights Alone Will Not Save the Democrats
Expanding voting rights without expanding economic rights, as the Democrats are now attempting to do, won’t save American democracy and won’t save the party from collapse.
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For Top Democrats, Joe Biden Is No Al Franken
Two years after forcing Al Franken’s resignation from the Senate over sexual misconduct allegations, prominent Democrats now have to decide whether to stand on principle or keep silent about the latest assault accusations against Joe Biden. We asked them — and so far, most are choosing to keep silent.
On a $15 Minimum Wage, Democrats Are Shooting Themselves in the Foot — Again
Pushing through a $15 minimum wage wouldn’t just be an economic gift to workers — it would be a political gift from the Democrats to themselves. Inaction, on the other hand, would hand a historic favor to the far right. Biden is committing a huge blunder by wavering.
Thankfully, the Democrats Are Playing Hardball With the Left
The Democrats’ congressional campaign arm is trying to blacklist the Left. We welcome their hatred.
Biden’s Departure Presents an Opportunity for the Democrats
Joe Biden and his political machine damaged the Democratic Party by delaying his withdrawal. The Democrats can still recover from this crisis — but only if they don’t repeat their past mistakes.
FDR Was Right to Attack the Supreme Court’s Power. Democrats Should Do the Same Today.
When the Supreme Court’s right-wing justices tried to block Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs, he took the court head-on — and won. There's a lesson there today: directly attacking the court's power is the only way to rein it in.
Democrats Should Become the Party of Voting Rights
People voted blue in the midterms because they trust the Democratic Party to preserve democracy. From accessibility for disabled voters to protecting the vote-by-mail process, Democrats should step up and prioritize voting rights wherever they can.
Democrats Aren’t Saying How Much Their Pipeline Deal Will Increase Emissions
The Inflation Reduction Act has been widely touted as a big step on climate. But to pass it, Democrats struck a deal with Joe Manchin to accelerate oil and gas pipeline construction — and no one is discussing how much it might increase emissions.
Democrats Have Learned Absolutely Nothing From Defeat
Rather than focusing on the actual harms Republicans are inflicting on the American working class, Democrats are using the Signal group chat leak to obsess over violations of norms and protocols. This strategy is doomed to fail.
Why Is Nancy Pelosi Slandering Democrats’ Own Voter Base?
This week, Nancy Pelosi suggested that supporters of a cease-fire in Gaza were foreign government “plants.” But the demand for a cease-fire is wildly popular among Democratic voters — and party leaders are playing a dangerous game by insulting them.
Christian Democrats Hand Golden Ticket to German Far Right
Germany’s Christian Democrat leader Friedrich Merz has broken a long-established “firewall” isolating the far right. A vote on hardening the borders has given Alternative für Deutschland a leg up just ahead of the federal election.
Joe Biden and the Democrats Will Pay a Heavy Price for Betraying Young Voters
The Biden administration has reneged on key promises that candidate Biden used to entice younger voters to turn out for him in 2020. Surprise: his approval ratings with the young are now in free fall.
The Democrats Are Choosing to Rely on Corporate Donors
New reporting shows the Democratic Party outpacing the GOP in the dark money arms race. You can’t “save democracy” by embracing the very forces ranged against it.
Democrats Have Given Up on Fighting Dark Money
With Republicans taking over the House in January, Democratic lawmakers have given up on efforts to end the political dark money era. Congress’s year-end omnibus spending bill will once again help dark money donors hide their identities from the public.
Union Leader: It’s Time for the Democrats to Wake Up
Painters’ union leader Jimmy Williams Jr says that the Democrats have a messaging problem with working-class voters — and it isn’t just going to cost them a single election.
The DeVos Democrats
Corporate Democrats have enabled Betsy DeVos's privatization agenda for years. It's time for them to choose which side they're on.
Saskia Esken Failed to Change Germany’s Social Democrats
German Social Democrat leader Saskia Esken was elected in 2019 promising to return the 150-year-old party to its roots. Her quest to change this establishment party was likely doomed all along — and now it’s shifting even further to the right.
Democrats Should Call Manchin and Sinema’s Bluff, Right Now
It’s time for Democratic leaders to make Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, and every other senator vote — and not on some gutted half measure, but on a real $3.5 trillion bill.
Will Democrats Learn From the Biden Disaster? Probably Not.
The Democratic Party’s propping up an obviously declining Joe Biden is one of the greatest political disasters in American history.