Universal Health Care Was Big on the 2020 Democratic Platform. Where Is It Now?
Democrats ran on health care in 2020. In this year’s draft platform, it gets a handful of bullet points.
Will the Tim Walz VP Pick Bring Progressive Policies to the Harris Ticket?
Jacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic talks to DemocracyNow! team about what the Walz pick means.
Why the Left Must Resist Unconditionally Backing Harris
"Leftist leaders hope to prevent a wholesale abandonment of the transformative vision that has energized millions of voters, particularly young people."
Chris Hedges: Q&A on 2024 Election
Chris Hedges takes reader questions regarding the 2024 election.
Project 2025
A New Pax Romana
Can Kamala Harris Reach Blue Collar Workers?
There’s a way, but it won’t be easy.
The Democratic Party’s Culture of Loyalty
How an Ethos of Compliance Made the Biden Debacle Possible
Push for Biden to Drop Out Reaches Very Top of Democratic Party
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have reportedly urged the president to step aside.
J.D. Vance’s Populist Anti-Corporate Record May Surprise You
The Ohio senator has blazed an unorthodox path as a Republican on fundamental economic and foreign policy issues.
Les Leopold: The Crowning of Kamala Harris?
By Les Leopold / Substack While we await President Biden’s talk with the Lord Almighty, the Democratic Party lords are planning the coronation of Vice President Kamala Harris. Is she…
More Than Ever, Trump’s Most Effective Campaign Ally is Joe Biden
By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon / CounterPunch When Joe Biden’s ABC News interview aired on Friday night, it made clear that he should not be running for re-election. Rather…
Patrick Lawrence: Power for the Sake of Power
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost When I awoke Saturday morning, I found my thoughts wandering back a decade, when my siblings and I plotted to get our father’s…
The US Presidential Candidates’ UN and Foreign Policy Stances
By Laura E. Kirkpatrick / PassBlue On Nov. 5, American voters will choose their 47th president. Combined, the likely candidates, Joe Biden, a Democrat and the incumbent, and Donald Trump,…
13% of 2020 Swing State Biden Voters Won’t Be in 2024 Because of Gaza: Polls
The figure comes as part of a new set of polls that show former President Donald Trump narrowly leading Biden in 5 out of 6 crucial battleground states.
Chris Hedges and Dennis Kucinich on the Bleak 2024 Elections and How Elites Broke Our Democracy
The American people are constantly put in the position of trying to conscientiously participate in a democratic system that has been hijacked by political power brokers with no conscience. What…