They seek to counter rise of democratic socialists within the Party.
DSA’s and Mayor Mamdani’s candidates rocked establishment incumbents backed by unions and political bigwigs. In most cases it wasn’t even close. You don’t always win, but when you do? “People carry that with them for the rest of their lives.”
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Ta-Nehisi Coates reckons with that question, and what it means for the 2028 election.
Janeese Lewis George, a member of DSA since 2018, will become the first democratic socialist elected to lead the nation's capital.
The Democratic establishment has made some huge mistakes—but progressives are running savvier campaigns than they used to. The battle for the soul of the Democratic Party is alive again, with progressives winning key primaries around the country
They wrote 192 pages about why they lost in 2024. The 89 Million are missing from every one of them.
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The Democratic Party cannot afford to attend to the material needs of its traditional popular base because it is terrified of offending its donor class.
This week the state party welcomed the Vermont senator along with former President Barack Obama—a major public shift on two politicians once considered too liberal to be seen with.
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