This article appears in the Winter 2018 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. The Democrats’ stunning success in the November 7, 2017, Virginia state elections, and more recently, Democrat Doug Jones’s election in Alabama, portends a great blue wave in 2018. Or does it? The good news is that dozens of new groups […]
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Black Alabamians Voted For Themselves
African American men and women turned out in historic numbers to quash the nostalgia for slavery, segregation, and disenfranchisement by terrorism when blacks kept their backs bent and eyes down.Â
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How Doug Jones Won and the Takeaway for Democrats
What progressives need to do to retake Congress
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Prospects Brightening for Redistricting Reform
Republicans’ hold on Congress and statehouses could be more vulnerable than once thought.
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How to Fight Racism and Plutocracy in 2018
Taking back the House of Representatives
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Alabama Senate Special Election Hinges on African American Turnout
Will the traditional method of turning out black voters in Alabama be enough to carry Democrat Doug Jones to victory?
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Internet Ad Rules Bring Together Strange Bedfellows
Conservative activists are trotting out all their same old arguments to block new Facebook rules, but not all Republicans are listening.
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Democracy Is in Shambles — or Is It?
Democracy advocates are reeling after a year of Trump, but the center still holds.
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The GOP’s Suburban Collapse
The revolt of the anti-Trump suburbs is a fire bell in the night for congressional Republicans.
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The One Thing the Democratic Party Doesn’t Need
Forget about undertaking another searing examination of their very soul.
