The July/August issue is here.
Democratic Party
Posted inPolitics
We’re DNC Members. Here’s What We Need From the Next Party Chair.
The Democratic National Committee votes this winter for a new chair. After a bruising election, two California DNC members explain their frustrations and hopes for the party.
Posted inJanuary/February/March 2025
Ten New Ideas for the Democratic Party to Help the Working Class, and Itself.
The January/February/March issue is here.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Meddled in Republican Primaries. Good.
The New York Times, plenty of pundits, and even some Democrats clutched their pearls and condemned the practice as unseemly. It wasn’t—and it worked.
Posted inPolitics
Can Democrats Make Us Care About Democracy?
Biden, Obama, and the party made it their closing argument. We’ll see if it worked.
Posted inPolitics
Voters Don’t Believe You Stand for Things Until You Actually Do Them
What’s behind the Democratic comeback summer? Chalk it up to voters seeing Republicans overturn Roe and Democrats making big moves on issues like climate change.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Debate Over: Vote by Mail Boosts Turnout
The results from this year’s primaries, combined with recent studies, show that voting from home drives up participation—and could affect the midterms.
Posted inBooks
The Democrats’ Rural Problem
The party can’t prevail unless it gets its rural numbers up, but the problem is more complex than the authors of a new book allow.
Posted inPolitics
What Democrats Understand About Crime That Chesa Boudin Did Not
With few exceptions, the party hasn’t gone soft on crime. The San Francisco recall is a case of an arrogant, progressive prosecutor.
Posted inPolitics
With Roe Almost Gone, Democrats Need to Stick Together to Save Legal Abortion
Squabbling over the filibuster and court packing isn’t the answer.
