It’s too early for Democrats to start panicking, but now is the time to mobilize an effort to shift the public’s perception on the economy.

The West Virginia senator may live to regret not doing more to support his party’s most popular ideas.

Two new magazine profiles attempt to explain the Arizona senator. Here’s our own theory.

The president’s spending plan will never pass, but that’s not the point.

As a policy, the 2021 expansion was historically successful, cutting child poverty nearly in half. But it died by politics this year. Can it be revived in 2023?

As the industry consolidates, it runs the risk of putting profits ahead of kids—and setting back the movement for universal childcare.

The Vermont Senator rues the failure to pass Biden’s big social spending bill. “That was transformational. And we came within two votes of doing that.”

The duo talk about Tomasky’s new book, “The Middle Out: The Rise of Progressive Economics and a Return to Shared Prosperity.”

“I know everything about my caucus,” the Senate majority leader enthused. “I care about them. I love them.”

The president and media set far too lofty expectations last year that have dragged down his poll numbers among Democrats and distracted from all that he’s accomplished.

Yes, Build Back Better eventually became Build Back Manchin, but for Democrats, it’s better than nothing.

The federal government is pretty good at handling the unique problems of seniors. Why don't we do the same for parents and kids?

The biggest takeaway from a long weekend of legislative action is that this is no way to run a country.

While the bill that just survived the Senate is a whittled-down version of the Build Back Better Act, it still puts the Democratic party on a promising new path.

The upper chamber's “vote-a-rama” may sound like a real fun way to spend a Saturday night, but guess what?

The pundits predicted a red wave in the midterms, but Democrats are building a blue wall.

The ruling party was set to be slaughtered in the 2022 midterm elections—then the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and Senators Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin struck a deal.

Embracing the Senate minority leader’s bare knuckle tactics gets results.

Contrary to the narrative you’ll read in some newspapers, climate policy polls very, very well.

The Democrats finally have wind in their sails. The Arizona senator can halt the party’s progress with a statement.