Tag: Democratic party
Democrats need more democracy, not less
The Democratic Party’s problem isn’t that it’s too democratic. It’s that it’s not democratic enough, yet.
Why ‘centrists’ will sink the Democrats, if they haven’t already
The bipartisan, centrist political consensus is breaking down.
The unlikely alliance that could stop Keystone and transform the Democratic...
Natives and ranchers are teaming up to save their water and land from corporate takeover.
Movements are driving Democratic Party debate
The cost of suppressing this debate will be far greater than the costs of waging it.
DNC fraud suit exposes anti-democratic views in Democratic Party
The suit has already clarified and underscored a crucial reality.
The Democrats’ new agenda is everything that’s wrong with the party
More bland messaging and populist posturing won’t save the Democrats. The party needs to take a bold stand against corporate power.
The lessons we learned from Jon Ossoff’s defeat
The efforts to build an independent capacity to recruit, train, and support populist candidates up and down the ticket should be redoubled.
Climate Judases: Three ways Democrats betray humanity
The Democratic Party remains as perversely bad on climate action itself as on the non-climate issues required to foster it.
Behind the media surge against Bernie Sanders
Like it or not, the battle over the future of the Democratic Party – including what kind of presidential nominee the party should have in 2020 – is already underway.
Infighting is good for the Democratic Party
The debate within the party isn’t a diversion or a liability. It is a necessary step to recovery.
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California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
New infographic shows how only 10 companies control every brand we know
Regardless of what the companies claim, the Big 10 do have the power and resources to address hunger and poverty within their supply chains.