The Next Democratic Party
Parties recover from defeat in two ways. They can try to beat the opposition at their own game, or they can try to change the rules of the game. Donald Trump did the latter. Now it’s the Democrats’ turn.
Winter 2026
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No Second Reagan
We can never allow Donald Trump’s politics to be normalized in the way that Ronald Reagan’s have been.
Latinos and the New American Majority
Pan-Latino identity, once the result of a sort of strained political imagination, is increasingly real—and recognizing its potency will be central to building a new progressive movement in the United States.
Belabored Podcast #108: Philly Airport Workers Rising Up, with Gabe Morgan
Airport workers at the Philadelphia International Airport just voted to strike next week during the Democratic National Convention. SEIU 32BJ Vice President Gabe Morgan joins us to explain why.
An Acceptance Speech for Hillary
Does our country face any problem that is more important or far-reaching than America’s growing economic divide? I think we know in our bones that it doesn’t.
Trump’s Nomination May Not Be the Worst of It
Republicans have locked down control of the House of Representatives for at least the coming decade.
The Democrats After Bernie
The young activists who campaigned for Bernie Sanders are clearly the Democrats’ future. Do they have the power and the smarts to remake the Democratic Party?
Feminism at the Polls
The Democratic primary revealed the fault lines of both establishment feminism and the socialist left. It also suggested an appetite for the kind of feminism we need—one that understands the impact of economic and foreign policy on the majority of women’s lives.
The Next Majority
No matter who becomes the Democrats’ nominee, Bernie Sanders’s campaign marks a sea change within the Democratic Party.
How Labor Advocates Pushed the Democratic Party Left
The cultural-political influence of unions is rising even as membership declines.
Against the Political Grown-Up
The Democratic elite’s dismissal of the Sanders campaign ultimately reflects a contempt for democratic ideals.
Belabored Podcast #95: Campaigning for Families with Ellen Bravo
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have both announced plans to give workers paid family leave. Ellen Bravo of Family Values @ Work joins us to explain how this policy became central to both candidates’ campaigns.
8 Thoughts on Bernie Sanders’s Democratic Socialism and the Primary
What was missing from Bernie Sanders’s democratic socialism speech and policy agenda is just as interesting as what was included.
Why Leftists Should Also Be Democrats
Political parties are essential to a healthy democracy. And right now, for Americans on the left, the Democrats are the only party we have.
With a counter-argument from David Marcus.
Why We Argue
A left that doesn’t relish arguing with itself is a left that’s not prepared to change the world.
