As Republicans Defect, Will Clinton Be Tempted To Tack Right?
Hillary Clinton must not succumb to temptation. Voters have rejected the ideology of the elites for a reason: it has failed them.
The Voting Rights Act 2.0
Over half a century after the Voting Rights Act became law, the struggle continues.
The Disney-fication of Our National Parks
Congress is letting major corporations buy naming rights in America’s national park system.
The Populist Insurgency is Ratcheting Up
The Bernie movement created a hopeful, formidable and growing populist political channel that is both insistently democratic and independent of the Democratic Party.
Why the Shake-up at the Democratic National Committee Is Doomed
The DNC has to turn itself – and the Democratic Party – into a grass-roots membership organization, with local and state chapters that play a meaningful role in selecting and supporting candidates.
The Real Reckoning
Donald Trump didn’t come out of nowhere. He is the loudest and clearest warning shot across the bow of the current American political-economic system.
Seven Women Who Broke Glass Ceilings in U.S. Politics Before Hillary Clinton
It is a great moment for women’s rights in the US. But Hillary Clinton is not the first to break the glass ceiling for women in U.S. politics.
The Liberty Bell and the Democratic Party: A Tale of Two Fractures in Philadelphia
The Democratic Party has an enormous challenge now, to unify its members to defeat one of the most bigoted and divisive, some say fascistic, presidential candidates in modern U.S. history
Campaigns End on Election Day. Revolutions Don’t.
Despite supporters' natural disappointment that their efforts ended short of the Oval Office, the majority are not petulantly giving up on politics, as most pundits predicted.
The 1 Percent’s Useful Idiots
Did Bernie Sanders let us down? It looks like we will have to carry out the political revolution on our own.