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July 13, 2026
South Carolina’s Process to Replace Lindsey Graham Is What Democracy Should Look Like
John Nichols
The Palmetto State will let primary voters nominate Graham’s successor. Maine, on the other hand, is letting a party convention pick Graham Platner’s replacement.
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July 2, 2026
Can a Democratic Socialist Win Wisconsin? Fran Hong Says “Yes!”
John Nichols
Amid all the talk of “electability,” a Midwestern state’s radical history points to what’s possible.
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June 22, 2026
Jerry Nadler Is Still Campaigning
John Nichols
His name isn’t on the ballot, but the veteran congressman’s working overtime for Micah Lasher.
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June 19, 2026
How a New York Primary Wound Up at the Center of the AI Storm
John Nichols
Alex Bores is engulfed in a brutal (and super-expensive) battle over how technology will change work, life, and society.
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June 17, 2026
Claire Valdez Is Making All the Right Enemies
John Nichols
The RNC keeps attacking the popular ideas of a democratic socialist who is running for Congress in New York City.
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June 15, 2026
Amy Goodman on the Job of Journalism
John Nichols
A conversation with the veteran broadcaster on threats to press freedom—and what the press is really for.
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June 12, 2026
Graham Platner Had a Much Better Primary Result Than Lindsey Graham
John Nichols
The anti-establishment Democrat in Maine won much bigger than the establishment Republican in South Carolina.
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June 9, 2026
Tom Paine’s Fight
John Nichols
The pamphleteer’s insistence that America live up to its revolutionary vows still rings true 250 years later.
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June 8, 2026
Graham Platner Is About to Find Out Whether Mainers Really Have His Back
John Nichols
Voters, not DC insiders, will determine whether the Senate candidate is credible and viable.
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May 29, 2026
Tom Steyer Is Prepared to Take On the AI Billionaires
John Nichols
The California gubernatorial candidate understands exactly what’s at stake, as he explains in an exclusive interview.
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May 22, 2026
No Mention of Gaza in the DNC’s 2024 Autopsy? Seriously?
John Nichols
Too many Democrats still refuse to acknowledge how gravely the party was harmed by a failure to actively oppose genocide.
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May 14, 2026
Chris Rabb Will Be a Transformative Member of the House
John Nichols
A candidate from Philadelphia, running in America’s 250th year, has a plan to restore checks and balances on kingly presidents and renew the constitutional authority of Congress.
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May 12, 2026
Democratic Voters Are Clear: It’s Time to Fight
Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols
The party’s base has sent the same message in primary after primary: playing it safe won't cut it in 2026.
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May 7, 2026
The GOP’s “Jim Crow Gerrymander” Rips Up Memphis and America’s Civil Rights Legacy
John Nichols
As Republicans destroy historic Black-majority House districts in the South, they are being compared with segregationists George Wallace and Bull Connor.
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