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January 10, 2017
Graham Vyse
Bernie Sanders Is a Big Letdown
He's obsessed with winning over Trump voters—and it's making him an ineffective leader of the progressive opposition.
January 5, 2017
Graham Vyse
A Democratic rising star just shook up the race for DNC chair.
January 5, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Virginia governor’s race is the next front in the Democratic Party’s internal war.
January 4, 2017
Clio Chang
The New Democrats want their party back.
January 3, 2017
Sarah Jones
The DNC really shouldn’t staff its Trump war room with former Clinton aides.
December 20, 2016
Sarah Jones
When is the Clinton campaign going to admit how badly it screwed up?
December 19, 2016
Clio Chang, Alex Shephard
What Happens to Media Matters in a Post-Hillary World?
The media watchdog was Clinton's biggest defender this election season. Now it's seeking a new identity.
December 16, 2016
Sarah Jones
Obama’s Democratic Party is incapable of fighting Trumpism.
December 15, 2016
Graham Vyse
Democrats Should Stop Talking About Bipartisanship and Start Fighting
December 13, 2016
Graham Vyse
How Democrats Can Bridge Identity Politics and Economic Populism
Some on the left are touting "the Bobby Kennedy coalition" as a model of multicultural working class politics.
December 9, 2016
Graham Vyse
Trump’s Victory Was Not a Rejection of Liberalism
Conservative columnist Michael Barone declares the "collapse of the political left"—and points to a few magazine covers as evidence.
December 8, 2016
Sarah Jones
If Democrats go left, donors may get in the way.
December 5, 2016
Graham Vyse
Can Democrats Save Public Schools from Trump and DeVos?
The first step is rethinking President Obama's own school-reform policies.
December 5, 2016
Jeet Heer
Democrats Need To Pick a Leader. Now.
The fragmented party needs a public face of unified opposition to Trump. Elizabeth Warren is the clear choice.
December 1, 2016
Graham Vyse
Is Keith Ellison getting Reverend Wright’ed?
December 1, 2016
Graham Vyse
Jamie Raskin Has a Fierce, Funny Message for Dispirited Democrats
At a rally on Wednesday night, the incoming House member stole the show from Elizabeth Warren.
November 28, 2016
Kyle Swenson
Tim Ryan’s Rust Belt Reboot
Nancy Pelosi’s challenger thinks he knows how to win back working-class voters. But does he have a larger vision?
November 23, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Obama White House has no business criticizing any of the changes that may or may not come to the DNC.
November 22, 2016
Lovia Gyarkye
The Enduring Importance of Identity Liberalism
Mark Lilla argues that the Democratic Party needs to move beyond identity politics. But that's precisely where the country's salvation lies.
November 22, 2016
Graham Vyse
What Bernie Sanders Meant to Say About Identity Politics
He didn't really suggest that Democrats forget about race and gender. Or did he?

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