PROGRESSIVES

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y, and Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Conn., stand together on the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, on the first day of the 116th Congress with Democrats holding the majority. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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OPINION
Democrats Are Afraid Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Too. And That's A Good Thing.
By Norman Solomon, Guest Writer
The threat of progressive primary challenges is a vital development for the future of the Democratic Party.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, on her foreign policy vision for the country. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
OPINION
The Progressive Foreign Policy Debate Is Finally Here
By Stephen Miles and Kate Kizer, Guest Writers
Two of the Democrats' 2020 front-runners have now offered compelling visions for America's role in the world.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks after being elected chairman of the House Democratic Caucus for the 116th Congress in January, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. Jeffries defeated Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., both prominent members of the Congressional Black Caucus. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
POLITICS
Despite A Big Setback, Progressives Increase Their Leadership Clout In New Congress
By Daniel Marans
California Rep. Barbara Lee lost, but the Congressional Progressive Caucus still made big gains.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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OPINION
The Next Congress Must Make The Poor People's Agenda Its Agenda
By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Mary Kay Henry, Guest Writers
Rather than play by Mitch McConnell’s rigged rules and double standards, Democrats must come up with a new playbook.
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., walks to member-elect briefings on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Blesses New Push To Oust Incumbent Democrats In Primaries
By Daniel Marans
“I really hope that many of you join me here in Congress,” the New York Democrat told activists.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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POLITICS
Speaker Of The House Race Continues As Nancy Pelosi Remains Confident
By Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking, AP
Pelosi, speaker from 2007 to 2011, was certain she will hold it again. Her foes were equally confident they have the votes to stop her.
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 07: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a news conference following the 2018 midterm elections at the Capitol Building on November 7, 2018 in Washington, DC. Republicans kept the Senate majority but lost control of the House to the Democrats. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
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OPINION
Nancy Pelosi Should, And Will, Be Democrats' Speaker Of The House
By Robert Creamer, Guest Writer
She's the leader the party needs.
Beto O'Rourke, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks to a member of the media before a campaign rally in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Surging turnout has both Republicans and Democrats proclaiming they stand to benefit, as polls show tight races up and down the ballot that will determine control of Congress, state houses and governors mansions nationwide. Photographer: Sergio Flores/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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OPINION
For Democrats, Progressive Is The New Moderate
By Robert Kuttner, Columnist
To believe that “moderates” were Tuesday’s big winners, you'd have to redefine what it means to be a moderate.
A line forms for early voting at the Hamilton County Board of Elections, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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OPINION
This Election's Greatest Wave Could Come Down-Ballot. Way Down-Ballot.
By Sean McElwee and Alex Langer, Guest Writers
It's local elections where the progressive wave is strongest.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 06: Letitia 'Tish' James, Public Advocate for the City of New York, speaks to dozens of writers, journalists, labor activists and DNAinfo and Gothamist employees during an afternoon rally at City Hall Park hosted by the Writers Guild of America to support the journalists and other staff members who lost their jobs at the publications after they voted to form a union on November 6, 2017 in New York City. Last Thursday, local New York news websites Gothamist and DNAinfo were abruptly shut down by their billionaire owner Joe Ricketts just a week after company employees successfully unionized. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
What Tish James’ Win In New York Says About Progressive Power
By Daniel Marans
A onetime left-wing gate-crasher became the establishment Democrats’ pick for state attorney general.
A group of preschool kids are playing indoors at a daycare center. One boy is lying on the floor and playing with colorful toy blocks.
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POLITICS
As Progressives Think Big, They Should Think More About Child Care
By Jonathan Cohn
Almost half of all parents struggle to find affordable options, a new survey finds.
Jessica Ramos a state Senate candidate in New Yorks 13th District is one of eight progressives challenging renegade Democrats who aligned with Republicans
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POLITICS
These Progressive Candidates Want New Yorkers To Care About State Politics Again
By Daniel Marans
Will it work? Thursday's Democratic primary should provide some answers.
VIDEOS
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo speaks at the Democratic gubernatorial primary debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York August 29, 2018. J. Conrad Williams Jr./Pool via REUTERS
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POLITICS
Progressives Take On New York’s Democratic Machine In Historic Primary
By Daniel Marans and Zach Carter
From governor to state Senate and even party committees, the Empire State’s old party bosses are on the defensive.
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh seen before meeting with U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, U.S., August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Alex Wroblewski
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POLITICS
Progressive Groups Launch Campaign Aimed At Uniting Democrats Against Brett Kavanaugh
By Igor Bobic
They say Democratic senators who have yet to announce a position on the Supreme Court nominee are giving cover to GOP moderates.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed the former Detroit health commissioner is running a progressive bid for governor of Michigan
Abdul El-Sayed for Governor
POLITICS
Bernie Sanders Endorses Democrat Abdul El-Sayed In Michigan Governor's Race
By Daniel Marans
The Vermont senator's blessing provides a boost to the progressive underdog.
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 12: Congressional nominee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stands with Zephyr Teachout after endorsing her for New York City Public Advocate on July 12, 2018 in New York City. The two liberal candidates held the news conference in front of the Wall Street bull in a show of standing up to corporate money. Ocasio-Cortez shocked the Democratic political community recently after an upset win against Representative Joe Crowley in the New York Democratic primary. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Why Some Democrats Are Spooked By Medicare For All And A Jobs Guarantee
By Jonathan Cohn
Progressives are gaining influence and Democratic Party centrists are warning of dire consequences.
Kansas congressional candidate James Thompson left US Sen Bernie Sanders I-Vt and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a Democratic congressional candidate from New York stand together on stage after a rally Friday July 20 2018 in Wichita Kan Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle via AP
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POLITICS
Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Bring A Joint Progressive Push To Kansas
By Kevin Robillard
The senator from Vermont and the young congressional nominee from NYC help campaign for House seat candidate Brent Welder and a leftward tilt in the Plains.
UNITED STATES - JUNE 23: Jennifer Lewis, Democratic candidate for the 6th congressional district of Virginia, speaks during the Women's Summit in Herndon, Va., on Saturday June 23, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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POLITICS
This Progressive Is Betting Her Populist Platform Can Win In Trump Country
By Daniel Marans
Democrat Jennifer Lewis is running in a Virginia district Trump won by about 25 percentage points.
MEET THE PRESS -- Pictured: (l-r) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic Nominee for New York's 14th Congressional District, appears on 'Meet the Press' in Washington, D.C., Sunday, July 1, 2018. (Photo by: William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Driving New Energy And Money To Progressive Candidates
By Daniel Marans and Kevin Robillard
After defeating a Democratic Party boss, she’s a new kingmaker -- and even the establishment wants in.
Trevor Noah of The Daily Show reminds viewers of what a happy face looks like
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COMEDY
Trevor Noah: Result Of Democratic Primary In Queens Is 'Insane'
By Carla Baranauckas
If the nominee wins in November, she'd "be the first member of Congress that talks like Cardi B."
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 26: Progressive challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is joined by New York gubenatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon at her victory party in the Bronx after upsetting incumbent Democratic Representative Joseph Crowly on June 26, 2018 in New York City. Ocasio-Cortez upset Rep. Joseph Crowley in New York’s 14th Congressional District, which includes parts of the Bronx and Queens. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Just Made The Democratic Party Safe For Democracy Again
By Zach Carter
She broke Big Money's stranglehold.
HOUSTON, TX -- MAY 22, 2017: Laura Moser picking up her campaign materials at a print shop in Houston, Monday May 22, 2017. Moser is returning to Houston from Washington where her husband worked for the Obama Whitehouse, and is starting her effort to run for the 7th Congressional District in Texas currently occupied by Republican John Culberson. (Photo by Michael Stravato/For the Washington Post)
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POLITICS
Texas Democrat Bucked By National Party To Join Progressive Publishing House
By Daniel Marans
Laura Moser, a veteran journalist and author, thinks the left could learn from conservative publishing's success.
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POLITICS
The Right-Wing Millennial Machine
By Michael Hobbes
Conservatives are building an army of fired-up young people. How? By offering them salaries.
Bishop Michael Curry (C) with the 'Reclaiming Jesus Declaration' leaves the National City Christian Church to march to the White House for a vigil May 24, 2018 in Washington, DC, in response to what organizers say is 'the moral and political crises at the highest levels of political leadership that are putting both the soul of the nation and the integrity of Christian faith at stake.' (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Bishop Michael Curry Joins Christian March To White House To 'Reclaim Jesus'
By Carol Kuruvilla
For Curry and others, being Christian means rejecting white nationalism and misogyny, while protecting immigrants, refugees and the poor.
New Jersey Gov Phil Murphy is basically the opposite of his predecessor Chris Christie
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POLITICS
New Jersey's Liberal New Governor Is The Anti-Chris Christie
By Eliot Nelson
Likable Phil Murphy is pushing an aggressively progressive agenda in Christie's old stomping ground.
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