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“The Final Battle for America’s Democracy.”

Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American
On Thursday, in The New Republic, conservative judge J. Michael Luttig published a dire warning to the Republican Party…and to all Americans. Luttig outlined how Republicans could refuse to seat elected Democrats after a Democratic victory.

The Socialist Labor Unionists Who Took On Samuel Gompers

Philipp Corfman Convergence
Though little remembered now, at the turn of the 20th century Cleveland’s socialists heroically fought Samuel Gompers for leadership of the American Federation of Labor — putting forward a revolutionary alternative to Gompers’s conservative unionism.

Are the UK Sanctions on Israel Real Progress, or More Illusion?

Mitchell Plitnick Mondoweiss
The UK's new sanctions on Israeli settlements may be groundbreaking, but they're also full of loopholes. F-35 parts are exempt, the state itself is untouched, and enforcement won't start for months. Real progress, but far from enough.

The Left Needs More Working-Class Leaders

Jake Triola Convergence
A new report finds a massive divide between working-class voters and college-educated progressives. Closing it means handing working-class people real power over a left-wing program.

The Left Needs More Working-Class Leaders

Jake Triola Convergence
A new report finds a massive divide between working-class voters and college-educated progressives. Closing it means handing working-class people real power over a left-wing program.