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Ro Khanna
April 13, 2023
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Grace Segers
Democrats Have a Quick Fix for Their Dianne Feinstein Headache. There’s Just One Problem.
The ailing senator would like to be replaced temporarily on the Senate Judiciary Committee, but that’s easier said than done.
February 28, 2023
Prem Thakker
Progressive Democrats Introduce First Bill to Tighten Rail Safety Regulations Since Ohio Disaster
The bill, introduced by Ro Khanna and Chris Deluzio, would expand the definition of what is considered a “high-hazard flammable train.”
February 9, 2023
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Daniel Strauss
Progressives Saw Ron Klain as Their Line to the White House. What Now?
New chief of staff Jeff Zients lacks the organic relationships Klain had with the base. Can anyone on team Biden keep those lines open?
December 1, 2022
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Michael Tomasky
“People Are Right to Be Upset”: Ro Khanna on “Economic Patriotism”
The California Democratic congressman talks about the new House leadership, the railroad strike—and his vision for reconnecting his party to the working class.
Video is available for this article
January 25, 2022
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Grace Segers
Ro Khanna on a Climate-Only Biden Bill: “There’s No Other Option”
The California representative says Build Back Better needs to get pared down to some urgent essentials.
October 21, 2021
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Kate Aronoff
Biden’s Incredible Shrinking Climate Plan
Thanks to Joe Manchin’s stubborn defense of dirty power plants, the president is going to have to find another way to drastically reduce emissions—but it’s not clear how.
May 13, 2020
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Talmon Joseph Smith
The Deficit Hawks Are Circling Their Old Roosts
America may emerge from the coronavirus pandemic straight into a hot war over the future of the economy.
January 30, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The New Majority Behind Sex Work Decriminalization
An exclusive look at a groundbreaking policy transformation. There are lessons for the left to learn here.
October 11, 2019
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Emily Tamkin
The Moral Dilemma of a Left-Right Antiwar Alliance
As Trump’s caprices build broad resistance to military engagement, the pacifist left considers how to ally with its political opponents.
March 26, 2019
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Greg Grandin
A Foreign Policy Without War or Corporate Power
To make progress in America, the left needs a coherent international agenda.
October 3, 2018
Alex Shephard
Why Amazon Raised Its Minimum Wage
It wasn't out of the goodness of Jeff Bezos's heart.
December 29, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Myth of Big Tech’s Comeuppance
Facebook, Google, and Twitter are under bipartisan pressure in Washington, but that doesn't mean they'll be reined in next year.
December 20, 2017
Graham Vyse
Democrats: We Can Win Suburban Republicans With a Progressive Platform
What the party has learned from its two biggest wins of 2017.
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