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To Push Biden Left, We Must Build Movements to Challenge His Corporate Backers
Social movements are most powerful when they threaten profits, as the victories of the 1930s and 1960s demonstrate.
AOC and Cori Bush Join Protest Outside DNC to Push Biden on Climate Action
Activists staged an occupation outside the DNC in support of the Green New Deal and a lobbyist-free cabinet.
Most Dem Voters Are to the Left of Biden on Foreign Policy. Can He Be Moved?
It is time to organize the necessary pressure to force the new president to adopt a less militaristic foreign policy.
Progressives Tell Biden: Don’t “Cooperate” With McConnell in Choosing Cabinet
Joe Biden must not be willing to toss aside progressives in order to cooperate with the likes of McConnell.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar Win Landslide Victories
The two lawmakers make up half of “The Squad,” a group of progressive congresswomen in the House of Representatives.
Silicon Valley Campaign Cash Complicates Democrats’ Plan to Break Up Tech Giants
Democratic candidates in key Senate races are outraising their GOP counterparts in campaign cash from the tech industry.
Biden Acknowledged Crime Bill “Mistake” Because of Massive Grassroots Pressure
Biden’s admission highlights the importance of continued pressure on politicians on racial justice issues.
Senate Democrats Can Still Block Barrett Confirmation by Slowing Down Process
They should use every procedural method available to them to slow the process, says Zephyr Teachout.
Outnumbered on Supreme Court Nomination, Democrats Campaign for ACA
Democrats are refighting the war that helped them pick up seats in 2018 by focusing on the threat to health care.
New Technologies Should Be Regulated by Government — Not by Those Who Profit
Efforts to revive Congress’s Office of Technology Assessment have been renewed to assess and control new technologies.