Politics Blog Posts

By the time centrist Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley squeaked into the general election with an excruciating advantage of less than half of one percentage point over DSA insurgent Francesco H...

President Donald Trump made a lot of promises on the 2024 campaign trail. Which have been kept, and which are unfulfilled?

When the most salacious allegations crop up at all-too-opportune times, suggestions of urgency, gravity, and even sincerity are often deduced to sideline stories within a week of hitting the tabloids....

When Abdul El-Sayed claimed victory in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary last Wednesday morning, it was not hard to look back into recent political history to identify the roots of his triumph.

Does the win indicate the Democratic party’s future?

Abdul El-Sayed wants to abolish the nation’s Immigration and Customs Agency. The Michigan Senate candidate supports replacing private insurance with a government-run system.

One of the most overlooked American movie classics is the 1990s hit Groundhog Day, in which Bill Murray plays a supremely confident and self-involved television weatherman who is forced to relive the...

Is the rise of progressive and democratic socialist candidates necessary to energize working-class voters, or does it risk alienating swing voters and fracturing the party's broad coalition?

What to make of Democrats moving toward socialism.

Lindsey Graham’s startling death over the weekend is a tragedy. But as Donald Trump’s presidency heads toward its finish line, it is also a reminder of the upcoming battle for the future of the Republ...