A year after her election, Mayor Katie Wilson wants to upgrade housing and transit in the Emerald City. But moderate councilors and divisions within her own base are undermining her.
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Building Power, One Person at a Time
Progressive political candidates in 2026 are doing more than just trying to win an election.
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What a Real Midterm Convention Once Looked Like
How socialists shaped a Democratic midterm convention half a century ago
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Why Would New York City Elect Anyone but a Socialist?
A new survey documents the city’s towering levels of inequality.
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That Stunning Florida Senate Win
A democratic socialist manages to build the coalition that has long eluded the left.
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The Democrats’ On-Again, Off-Again Class Politics
After World War II, Dems lost touch with their New Deal roots. Now they’re coming back home.
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The DSA Strategy to Build Power
The democratic socialist organization is building something much bigger than an email list.
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Hong Campaign Postmortem: It Wasn’t the Socialism, It Was the Woke
The right’s attacks actually don’t focus on socialism’s defining economics.
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Why Have Less Than One Percent of American Socialists Joined DSA?
Socialism has not been this popular in America in at least a century, but how it’s defined, and who defines it, matters.
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Can DSA’s Francesca Hong Win in Cheese Country?
Democratic socialists have won the New York mayor’s race and seven House seats. The governor’s seat in Wisconsin might be next.