What’s imperative for progressives is not to “speak truth to power” but to speak truth about power — and to drastically change an economic system that provides humongous wealth to a very few and worsening misery to the countless many

The brighter spots among Joe Biden’s nominations reflect the political wattage that progressives have generated in recent years on a wide array of intertwined matters, from climate to healthcare to economic justice to structural racism

Only progressive populism offers an appealing alternative to the toxic pseudo-populism of the Trumpist Republican Party

How can a progressive movement grow strong enough to force the Biden administration to deliver on a more democratic-socialist and non-militarist agenda?

“The progressive movement deserves a number of seats — important seats — in the Biden administration,” Sanders said last week. “Have I seen that at this point? I have not.”

By challenging Flournoy while posing those questions — and answering them in the negative — activism succeeded in changing “Defense Secretary Flournoy” from a fait accompli to a lost fantasy of the military-industrial complex.

With enormous grassroots outreach that only they could credibly accomplish, progressive activists were a crucial part of the de facto united front to defeat Trump. Now it’s time to get on with grassroots organizing to challenge corporate Democrats

Progressives should emphatically challenge every odious aspect of the Biden administration, every step of the way

Biden’s pick for Secretary of Defense, Michèle Flourno,y should be understood as a scenario for the president-elect to stick his middle fingers in the eyes of Americans who are fed up with endless war and ongoing militarism

“Democratic candidates in swing districts who openly supported progressive policies, like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, won their races.”