Democratic Party

Destruction of Leviathan, Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

When paranoia carries the right of truth.

2018-05-25 Andrew Elrod

Property Supremacy

A book review of Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America and One Percent Solution: How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time

Featured U.S. Politics & Society

2018-05-11 Lily Geismer

Napoleons in Pinstripes: The Rise of the Business Mogul as Politician

The authoritarian threat when titans of business invade the political arena.

Organized Labor & Worker Organizing U.S. Politics & Society

2018-01-17 J. Phillip Thompson and Adam Hilton

Is Now the Time to Break with the Democrats?: A Debate

What should be the strategy on the left at this time?

On the Contrary

2017-06-01 Administrator

The AFL-CIO “On the Beach”

In the chilling 1959 cold war apocalyptic film, On the Beach, the entire northern hemisphere has succumbed to radiation sickness

Class Featured Working-Class Culture

2017-05-11 Michael Zweig

White Working-Class Voters and the Future of Progressive Politics

In the aftermath of the 2016 election, there have been hundreds of reflections written on the behavior, attitudes, needs, and prospects of the “white working class,” a segment of the population that will prove vital to any progressive coalition that stands for both social and economic justice. But what do we mean by “white working class”?

Uncategorized

2017-04-17 Thomas Gallagher

The significance of Bernie Sanders’s opposition to Donald Trump’s Syria bombing

In years past, it has often been difficult to find anti-militarist beacons in Congress – Democrats included. Particularly since Dennis

Featured The Domestic Economy

2017-03-28 Marie Gottschalk

Sick on Arrival Health Care Reform in the Age of Obama

Despite all of the parallels drawn between President Obama and Franklin Roosevelt, the new administration initially responded to the health

Featured U.S. Politics & Society

2017-03-17 Thomas Gallagher

The Democratic Party Left After the Ellison DNC Campaign: Unite or Fight?

One thing to keep in mind about the recent Thomas Perez–Keith Ellison race for Democratic National Committee chair is that it was pretty much an only-in-America sort of thing. Were we in any kind of parliamentary system – like most countries have – the two sides would probably be in different parties – the Bernie Sanders core of the Ellison