As the Democrats move forward to articulate a set of policies for the Trump era, Chuck Schumer's initial op-ed demonstrates both how far to the left the Democratic Party has moved and how far it still has to go. While "A Better Deal" is a...
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I thought this Yglesias piece on the differences between Sanders and Clinton voters was pretty good. Basically they more or less believe the same things, with strikingly few meaningful differences..
I have a long piece in the Boston Review on the complicated relationship between organized labor and the Democratic Party. The basic thesis is that unions have no real choice.
In the aftermath of the Kansas special election, there was a lot of the typical Democratic infighting, with the left angry that Democrats didn't do more in a district that swung over 20 points from Trump since November. The question is, should the DCCC actually...
Given the skepticism many LGM commenters consistently express over protest, you may be warmed to note the huge increase in involvement within local Democratic Party politics. All across the country,.
When I hear the mayor of Baltimore coming out against a $15 minimum wage, I hear "please primary me because I listen more to greedy employers than the city's working.
I don't agree with everything in here and you probably won't either, but this is a good summary of the incredible challenges Democrats face, with Obama's disastrous strategy on building local and state parties, no obvious leaders in the face of Clinton's shocking loss, gerrymandering,...
People largely responded positively to my call to do something, anything, but something to fight Trump. Right now, there's a lot of people who want to do nothing but relitigate.
Former Governor TedStrickland at the Athletic Club of Columbus 136 E Broad St on August 6, 2013 speaking on Climate Change. (Columbus Dispatch photo by Tom.
I know Joan Walsh is a big Hillary Clinton supporter and thus many of you will disqualify her remarks based upon that. But I think she is right--Bernie Sanders' strategy of chasing the white working class vote probably just can't actually work within the Democratic...
Interesting long essay at Jacobin by Paul Heideman about how the left tried to remake the Democratic Party in the 1960s and 1970s and why it failed. While I can.
It's good to see Democrats move away from Jefferson/Jackson dinners at the state level. There's no real reason to tie the party to two long dead white slaveowning men who.