The Same Old GOP
The rank hypocrisy and plutocratic aims of the GOP tax plan are par for the course for the modern Republican Party.
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Krystal Ball: Why Politicians Like John Fetterman Won
It turns out when you promise to do even the bare minimum for people, they tend to vote for you. The more Democrats act like John Fetterman and the less they act like Larry Summers, the more they'll win in the Rust Belt.
Democracy Is Norm Erosion
Sometimes you have to break the rules to create a more democratic system.
Hold Establishment Democrats Responsible for Down-Ballot Disasters
Democrats needed to recapture as many state legislative chambers as possible in order to blunt Republican redistricting efforts. They failed miserably, empowering conservatives for years to come.
Despite the Pandemic, Republicans Are Fighting Paid Sick Leave All Over the Country
Under the guise of helping businesses, the GOP is working to bar medical leave mandates in state by state across the country.
Can Republicans Rewrite the Constitution?
A stealth right-wing campaign to call a constitutional convention is perilously close to succeeding. Its goal: repealing the twentieth century.
It’s Their Party
A generation ago, socialists and civil rights activists tried to transform the Democratic Party. Why did they fail?
The GOP’s Tax Revolt May Be Unraveling
Tax cuts for the rich have been the glue holding the American right together for decades. But as Republican voters’ skepticism of this strategy grows, some GOP lawmakers are considering the unthinkable: proposals to raise taxes on the wealthy.
The American Ruling Class Has Never Let Us Build Back Better
The nation’s original failure to “build back better” was Reconstruction, the attempt to radically remake society in the wake of the Civil War. Then as now, the most powerful people in the country went out of their way to maintain the status quo.
When the South Held the Keys
The slaveholding class defeated in the Civil War were no ragtag band of sectionalists — they were the masters of the US state.
Mitch McConnell Is Accountable to Corporations – Not the People Who Elected Him
House Republicans and Senate Leader Mitch McConnell represent voters who are disproportionately struggling — yet they're blocking $2,000 survival checks. It's American politics in a nutshell.
The Filibuster Is the Ultimate Excuse for Democrats
The filibuster saga isn’t simply about Joe Manchin. It’s about the Democratic Party overall, and their continued interest in allowing process to prevent them from governing.
The Great God Trump and the White Working Class
The political and social war that is now inevitable in the United States could shape the character of the rest of the century.
Obamacare’s Original Sin
We can resist Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare without providing cover for the law's deep ideological flaws.
Don’t Overstate the Divide Between the Campus and the Working Class
Leftists shouldn’t counterpose working-class voters on the one hand and college-educated voters on the other. Our strategy can combine a working-class economic program with a progressive approach to social and cultural questions.
The Right’s Green Awakening
Leading Republicans are abandoning climate-change denialism in order to design "green" policy favorable to capital.
Third Parties in the US Are More Important Than You Think
Despite America’s two-party duopoly, third parties have played a crucial role in shaping US politics for good and ill — from bringing us pro-worker reforms and the welfare state to laying the groundwork for Donald Trump’s right-wing authoritarianism.
Congress Is Day-Trading While the World Burns
It was a hell of a year for the professional day traders who moonlight as members of Congress. Collectively they traded hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stocks and related securities — usually from industries that are closely regulated by Congress.
A Populism of the Left Can Realign American Politics
It’s clear that the GOP is capturing new parts of the working class. It’ll take credible appeals to workers’ frustrations and economic interests to win them back.
Amid Hurricane Milton, GOP Reps Are Blocking Climate Action
As Hurricane Milton bears down on their districts, two Republican representatives backed by fossil fuel companies are pushing legislation that claims the climate crisis is a “false emergency.”