Top-down leadership along the lines of Nancy Pelosi is a thing of the past.
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Can America Elect a Jewish President?
The emerging Democratic consensus on U.S. policy toward Israel takes one divisive issue off the table.
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Black Women Carried Democrats to Victory—Again
Republicans underestimated the African American response to voting rights backsliding and how Black women would make history fighting off those threats.
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Why California’s Government Isn’t Working
Bloated by corporate cash, let down by a rotten political system and a perversion of direct democracy, what’s the way back for a once-golden state?
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The New Wave Democrats
Many come to Congress from previously Republican terrains, but all our terrains suffer the same economic problems.
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The Angie Nixon Caucus
Meet Victoria Broderick and LaKesha Womack, two Southern Bernie broads who flipped two blood-red seats, while spending all of $155,000—between them.
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Voters Lead a Backlash Against the Oligarchy
People want corporate money out of politics and data centers out of their backyards.
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A Good Night for Prairie Populists
Candidates who spoke to the crushing burden of corporate power in agricultural communities did well.
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Democrats’ Power in the Lame-Duck Session
With much congressional business still unfinished, the repudiation of Trump could lead some Republicans to vote with Democrats to block administration priorities.
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‘We Can’t Eat Road Salt’: Other Maine Takeaways
Sen.-elect Troy Jackson will need to nail down the Portland–Washington shuttle schedule.