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Is the Tide Starting to Turn Against AIPAC?

Backing AIPAC may now be a political liability for candidates facing progressive challengers in Democratic primaries.

25.11.2025 30

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Sam Rosenthal

Could the Destruction of the ACA Force Democrats to Champion Medicare for All?

After caving on the shutdown and letting the GOP gut the Affordable Care Act, Democrats must chart a new health policy.

18.11.2025 6

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Sam Rosenthal

We Were Right When We Said 'Don't Run, Joe.' Now We Say: 'Step Down, Chuck'

12.11.2025 4

Common Dreams

Sam Rosenthal

The Democratic Party Needs a Soul, Not a Focus Group

05.11.2025 6

Common Dreams

Sam Rosenthal

Democrats Have Let Republicans Become the 'Peace' Party

18.10.2025 4

Common Dreams

Sam Rosenthal

The Dems Could Have Shielded DC From Trump By Pushing for Statehood When It Mattered

13.08.2025 5

Common Dreams

Sam Rosenthal

If Mamdani and Fateh Become Mayors, Will Dem Elites Still Collude to Sink Them?

Parts of Fateh and Mamdani’s platforms would be difficult to execute without cooperation from their city councils.

30.07.2025 5

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Sam Rosenthal

Don’t Listen to the Corporate Media; Progressive Candidates Are on a Roll

20.07.2025 8

Common Dreams

Sam Rosenthal

Mamdani’s Massive Victory Should Show Democrats Where the Party’s Future Lies

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has thrown the drowning Democratic Party a life vest. Will its leaders use it?

25.06.2025 10

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Sam Rosenthal

2028 Will Be Our Last, Best Hope to Propel a Real Leftist to the Top of the Ticket

11.04.2025 6

Common Dreams

Sam Rosenthal

The Return of Regressive Third Way Politics to the Democrats

Over the weekend, Politico reported that, in early February, a group of Democratic “consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials and party...

06.03.2025 10

CounterPunch

Sam Rosenthal

Third Way And Its Regressive Politics Should Have No Place in the Democratic Party

05.03.2025 10

Common Dreams

Sam Rosenthal

Senate Dems Still Have Tools to Fight Trump’s Appointees. Will They Use Them?

Democrats will have to cohere around a unified strategy if they want to have any chance at blocking Trump’s worst picks.

25.01.2025 10

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Sam Rosenthal

US Politics Didn’t Shift as Rightward in 2024 Elections as You May Think

Progressive wins at the local and state levels complicate the notion of a sweeping rightward political turn in the US.

17.01.2025 7

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Sam Rosenthal

Upcoming DNC Election Will Set Democratic Party’s Course on Palestine and More

Two frontrunners in the DNC chair race say Palestinian American Rep. Ruwa Romman should have spoken at the convention.

10.01.2025 7

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Sam Rosenthal