A national trend of black progressive candidates, many of them women, beating centrist incumbents is challenging traditional ideas about viability, strategy, and what some would even say is the soul of the Democratic Party.
Ben Jealous wins Maryland’s Democratic primary for governor. His opponents paint his positions of standing for the people as “extreme,” but, in light of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s win this week, we hope he is another sign that the landscape of what is politically feasible is changing.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat Rep. Joe Crowley this week with a bold and very different campaign against the Democratic Party establishment.
Our Revolution, a new grassroots organization, seeks to empower the next generation of progressive leaders, but trust issues hinder the way.
Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig has dropped out of the Democratic presidential primaries, largely because the Democratic debate rules mean he won’t be able to get on the stage to present his campaign finance reform agenda. But, as a much more famous political figure, he still has an important role to play.
Last year, it was Detroit and Sacramento going bankrupt. Will Chicago follow?
