It will take more than a few charismatic candidates for Democrats to regain and maintain control of national politics.

Obama failed to make big changes after the last economic crisis, and that meant painful losses for the president, his party, and the American people.

You can amass great influence and power building the infrastructure for lasting Democratic rule ... or you can run for president.

For most of U.S. history, all immigrants were undocumented. It's a fact Democrats should embrace.

The 2020 presidential candidate's quest to rid the country of "dark psychic forces" recalls America's Civil War–era need for healing.

As has been true for over 200 years, the next president will be chosen by an eighteenth-century anachronism. American voters deserve better.

After another two nights of Democratic debates, the 2020 field has spent little time on some of the presidency's most consequential challenges.

Lewis Powell once drafted a how-to guide for maximizing political power. Only one party took his advice. Here's how Democrats can catch up.

Joe Biden hoped to guard his frontrunner status and stay above the 2020 campaign fray. Now he'll have to run to keep up with the pack.

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

Speaking to people left out of the current expansion won votes for the GOP in 2016; championing those who struggle today resonates even more.

The Supreme Court ruling on partisan electoral districts highlights bigger problems with how maps are drawn and how representatives are chosen.

If Democrats vying for the presidency want to enact any of their proposals, countering recent assaults on voting rights has to be a top priority.

With three septuagenarian Democrats vying to take on the 73-year-old Trump, age is more than just a number.

From her role in a California prison labor debate to her prosecutions of sex workers, the 2020 presidential hopeful has a past of her own to defend.

With a series of widely recognized stumbles in the Miami debate, did the former V.P. just become the former frontrunner?