The potential villains in the FBI’s anti-Clinton narrative were all women.
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Q&A: Ralph Northam Aims For the Governor’s Mansion in Virginia
The lieutenant governor says he’s the Democrat who can uphold progressive values and reach across the aisle in the Old Dominion.
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Reminding the People of Their Power
On Monday, the working-class political organizing group People’s Action held its first annual convention, entitled Rise Up 2017, featuring Senator Bernie Sanders. At a time when record numbers of progressives seem to be running for office, scores of activists proclaimed their candidacies on stage. Following a brassy opening-a marching band played “When the Saints Go […]
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A Democrat Tries to Pull Off a Kansas Miracle
With Republican Representative Mike Pompeo gone to the CIA, Democrat James Thompson is hoping for the upset of all upsets in Tuesday’s special election in Wichita.
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New PAC Will Back Every Single Democrat Running for Congress
For the past two decades, Democratic fundraiser and operative Jonathan Zucker has been fed up with the way his party doles out funds to candidates. The problem, as Zucker sees it, is that Democrats distribute most of their funds to candidates running in swing districts that the party sees as winnable, instead of divvying the […]
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First Official 2016 Turnout Report Has Some Good News
Same-day registration shows its power.
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Why Democrats Need to Forget About “Reaching Out”
The time for that will come—but it’s not now.
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Why Democrats Lose in Ohio
An ossified state party needs a long-overdue makeover if this key swing state is to swing back toward the Democrats.
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Q&A: A New 50-State Strategy
A conversation with former DNC head Howard Dean on the race for party chair, looking beyond the Beltway, and rebuilding the Democratic Party.
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Trump Taps Anti-Worker Fast-Food CEO for Labor Secretary
Andy Puzder, the CEO of a major fast-food company and sworn foe of raising the minimum wage, embodies the right’s anti-worker, trickle-down agenda.Â
