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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
June 3, 2019
Emily Atkin
You Will Have to Make Sacrifices to Save the Planet
We can save millions of lives from climate change, but only if we change our own. Democrats should start acknowledging that.
May 31, 2019
Samuel Miller McDonald
The Green New Deal Can’t Be Anything Like the New Deal
Climate change demands a much more ambitious plan than the Great Depression did. It even requires reversing some of FDR's successes.
May 29, 2019
Kim Phillips-Fein
Fear and Loathing of the Green New Deal
What the backlash to the emergency legislation reveals about the age-old pathologies of the right
May 22, 2019
Alex Shephard
Impeachment Is Coming
Speaker Pelosi's plan to keep Trump's crimes and misdemeanors on the back burner has been overtaken by events—and a Michigan Republican.
May 21, 2019
Emily Atkin
Corporate America Is Terrified of the Green New Deal
There's a reason more big businesses are pushing for a carbon tax—and it's not because they want to fight climate change.
May 20, 2019
Magazine
Robert Westbrook
Socialism and the Democracy Deficit
The quest for radical equality in the American grain
May 17, 2019
Magazine
Astra Taylor
Reclaiming the Future
On the growing appeal of socialism in an age of inequality
May 16, 2019
George Blaustein
The Audacity of Grief
On the mournful threads connecting Joe Biden’s half-century in politics
May 16, 2019
Alex Shephard
Bernie Sanders Sets His Sights on Biden
With "electability" dominating the 2020 debate, the Vermont independent reminds Democrats of the frontrunner's long, controversial record.
May 15, 2019
Bob Moser
Joe Biden Is Going Back to the Clinton Playbook
The Democratic frontrunner’s campaign is pitched to white folks who have fled the party. Sound familiar?
May 10, 2019
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Jake Bittle
Red Herrings
The conservative media’s delirious efforts to conjure up a socialist nightmare
May 8, 2019
Emily Atkin
The Republicans Are Dead to Planet Earth
Reports that the GOP is coming around on climate change have been greatly exaggerated. They will never be part of the solution. Let's move on.
April 18, 2019
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Jason Frederick Lambacher
Selling the Green New Deal With Optimism, Not Fear
If citizens are encouraged to help shape climate justice, they will be far more likely to join the project.
April 18, 2019
Alex Shephard
The Impotence of “Stop Sanders” Democrats
His loudest opponents are party insiders who don't represent a political constituency of any significance—and their strategy is self-defeating.
April 5, 2019
Emily Atkin
The Green New Deal Fan on Fox News Wasn’t a Random Diner. He’s a Climate Activist.
Meet the young man who ruined a "Fox and Friends" reporter's segment.
April 4, 2019
Magazine
Jacob Bacharach
MSNBC’s Wild Ride
Thanks to Trump and the Russia investigation, the liberal network is booming. But is it selling its viewers a conspiratorial fantasy?
April 1, 2019
Emily Atkin
The Green New Deal Should Include Reparations
The Democratic Party is talking about both issues separately. They make more sense in tandem.
March 19, 2019
Emily Atkin
Why Won’t These Democrats Reject Fossil Fuel Money?
The No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge is a major litmus test for 2020 candidates.
March 19, 2019
Alex Shephard
The Enduring Timidity of the Democratic Party
Once again, moderates are trying to scare voters away from left-wing politics.
March 18, 2019
Matt Ford
Would the Green New Deal Survive the Supreme Court?
Chief Justice John Roberts may have the final say on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's ambitious plan to fight global warming.
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