Are the Democrats Sleepwalking to Disaster?

Joe Biden has been an excellent president, but is also, I fear, the candidate least able to defeat Donald Trump. Other Democrats need to enter the race. BY HAROLD MEYERSON  DECEMBER 11, 2023 (prospect.org) YURI GRIPAS/ABACA/SIPA USA VIA AP IMAGES President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House Tribal Nations… Continue reading

MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS’ COMPLACENCY WILL DOOM US ALL

Max Elbaum on blocking the fascist threat and building real grassroots power. BY MARC STEINER AUGUST 8, 2023 (therealnews.com) Members of the far-right group Patriot Front are seen marching through Washington, DC on May 13th, 2023. Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Max Elbaum is on the editorial board… Continue reading

Democrats Must Embrace Economic Populism to Counter the Right’s Cultural Populism

An “Oliver Anthony 2024” sign seen at the Oliver Anthony concert at the Eagle Creek Golf Club on August 19, 2023, in Moyock, North Carolina.  (Photo: Mike Caudill for Billbaord/Billboard via Getty Images) Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and other Republican culture warriors don’t represent “forgotten Americans;” they’ve… Continue reading