Election Reform

Bernie-Tulsi-Liz: How the Progressives Can Win Back The White House

Michael T. Hertz: Bernie, Tulsi and Liz should join forces in the fight to get a progressive candidate. They should understand that only one of them can get the Democratic nomination, and they should be comfortable in backing one of the others if need be.

Stow Your Wives! Hide Your Children! Big Bad Bernie Is Back!

Marc Cooper: I am not sure what non or anti-Bernie Dems are all upset about just because the most popular candidate in their field has officially declared.

Bernie Is Back

Robert Reich: Bernie helped reveal a new and deeper political divide in America – between oligarchy and democracy. Rather than the size of government, he raised the more central question of who government is for.

What the Bernie Sanders 2020 Campaign Means for Progressives

Norman Solomon: Bernie Sanders represents a different approach to the root causes of—and possible solutions to—extreme economic inequality, systemic injustice and a dire shortage of democracy.

The Disaster of Howard Schultz

Robert Reich: He could be a spoiler in 2020, splitting the vote and putting Trump back in the White House. Even Bill Burton, a former Obama adviser who has joined the Schultz team, publicly warned against third-party voting in 2016.

Progressives Running For President

Michael T. Hertz: The unfortunate things is that Sanders, Warren, Gabbard, and Brown risk drawing votes away from one another, opening the race to a more conservative Democrat. So what to do?

Politicians or the Grassroots: Who Should Lead the California Democratic Party?

Cesar Armendariz: The problem with the ADEM elections is that, historically, the candidates have been politicians and members of their inner circles.

Why I’m Running to Be the Change the California Democratic Party Needs

Jasmyne Cannick: I believe that California’s Democratic Party is in the middle of a morals and values crisis. Our Party no longer reflects the interests of the people it serves and many of its members are disillusioned.

Blame Me for Losing, Or Do What It Takes to Win

Johnny Townsend: Moderate Democrats are not the wave of the future. If you haven’t understood that yet, then Trump winning a second term is on you, not me.

Getting Real About 2020

Anastasia Bernoulli: If the Republicans give you Donald Trump or Mike Pence, and the Democrats give you Beto O’Rourke or Joe Biden, are you really about to tell me that the latter two are not vastly superior to the former?

Democrats 2020: Not the Person, But the Program

Julianne Malveaux: The issue should not be one of who is the most sensational, but who has the most focused program, and the basis of the Democratic program must be economic justice for working Americans.

Evangelicals Vote, “Nones” Falter

James Haught: Americans who say their religion is “none” have climbed to one-fourth of the population, but they were only 17 percent of voters this year. Skeptic-agnostic-disinterested folks apparently shun politics along with church worship.

From Bernie to Beto, a Progressive Era Begins

Brent Budowsky: Much of the insider political community has fallen victim to the misleading cliche that Democrats must not move “too far to the left.”