House leadership included the measure in a government funding bill—and even members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus went along with it.

Can the progressive congresswoman transform the left's unruly energy into legislative victories?

It's easy to see why he's attacking politicians of color. Why are Beltway pundits so blind to it?

A moderate alternative to the Green New Deal, "100 by '50" proposes to wait until the last possible moment to halt global warming.

Why impeachment can’t penetrate the cult of D.C. savvy.

The Democrats have largely flopped in questioning witnesses on Capitol Hill. The former special counsel's testimony is a chance to rectify that.

Pundits say Trump's tweets about "The Squad" are part of a master plan. They're wrong.

The president's racist attack on four Democratic congresswomen warrants universal condemnation, yet his supporters and party largely stand by him.

The Speaker's feud with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals a great deal about her approach to leadership.

As Queens' district attorney, she would work to dismantle the devastating power of her office.

Washington's governor must use the first debate to emerge from obscurity—and prove that his climate plan is better than the Green New Deal.

In search of the Democratic Party's fighting spirit

We can save millions of lives from climate change, but only if we change our own. Democrats should start acknowledging that.

Climate change demands a much more ambitious plan than the Great Depression did. It even requires reversing some of FDR's successes.

What the backlash to the emergency legislation reveals about the age-old pathologies of the right

Speaker Pelosi's plan to keep Trump's crimes and misdemeanors on the back burner has been overtaken by events—and a Michigan Republican.

There's a reason more big businesses are pushing for a carbon tax—and it's not because they want to fight climate change.

The quest for radical equality in the American grain

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