O’Rourke’s near-victory has them seeing purple—but can they keep turning out more voters and moving Texas leftward when he’s not on the ballot?
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The Return of the Strike
This year, thousands of teachers, hotel workers, Google employees, and others walked off the job and won major gains. Which raises two questions: Why now? And will this continue?
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Rethinking Incarceration
What needs to be done to be done to end our half-century long incarceration nightmare?
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A New Playing Field for Democracy Reform
To win substantive reforms, our system is overdue for structural reforms. 2018 creates an opening.
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Who Cares for the Care Workers?
Care workers in the South—disproportionately black women—face limited worker protections and difficult working conditions. But they’re organizing to challenge that legacy.
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A New South Rising: This Time for Real
The midterms made clear that progressive candidates can retake the region with young and minority voters.
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Imperatives for Democrats
For all their differences, House Democrats need to unite around a pro-worker agenda. The party also needs a smart way to winnow its immense field of presidential prospects.
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Winning the Gender Wars
Feminism and misogyny have assumed larger roles in Americans’ electoral identities. This worked to the Democrats’ advantage in the midterms, but may not in the presidential race two years hence.
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Who Gets to Tell Stories About Poverty?
The Economic Hardship Reporting Project is redefining how we cover inequality.
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Local Officials Paid a Price on Tuesday for Cooperating with ICE
In a number of counties, voters ousted elected officials who’d directed their police departments to aid ICE in its deportations.
