Sarah Jaffe has a really good piece on some of the leftists running for office which is worth reading just to know about these people. But the real plus of this piece is the important point that these races have basically nothing to do with...
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I don't want to be unfair to Damon Linker's argument here, where he notes the tepidness of the DNC's "Fair Deal" proposal and says that what the party really needs.
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.
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. The difference is that Clinton voters are basically happy with the direction of the country...
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.
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, party meetings that had once been sleepy affairs, dominated by Robert’s Rules of Order and...
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.
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 the Democratic primary. These people are primarily Bernie supporters, although there are some Hillary supporters...
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.