Features

• Can the Democratic Party Be White Working Class, Too?

  Justin Gest

  While Hillary Clinton was losing Montana by more than 23 points, Steve Bullock was elected governor running as a progressive Democrat. What can the rest of us learn from Montana? 
• The Anti-Trump Movement: Recover, Resist, Reform

  Peter Dreier

  The profusion of citizen organizing as defense—and offense
• How California Hopes to Undo Trump

  Harold Meyerson

  America’s mega-state is now clearly its leftmost, too—and on social insurance, climate change, and immigrant rights, it has more capacity and desire to defeat Republican reaction than any other institution.
• Will Suburban Activism Pave the Democratic Path to the House?

  Justin Miller

  If they’re to retake Congress in 2018, Democrats need their newfound activist hordes to focus on health coverage—and diverse, upscale swing districts.
• No Factions in Foxholes

  E.J. Graff

  Confronted by the crisis that is the Trump presidency, American progressives have overcome identity politics’ barriers and joined up in mutual defense.
• Trump’s Media War

  David Greenberg

  Trump goes after the news media not because he thinks they’re strong, but because he thinks they’re weak and he can diminish them further.
• The Hour of the Attorneys General

  Rachel M. Cohen

  State Democratic AGs have assumed new importance in the effort to contain the Trump presidency.
• Taking a Scalpel to Medicaid

  Gabrielle Gurley

  Republican claims of their bill's great flexibility for the states are a sham cover for disabling cuts.
• Driverless Future?

  Steven Greenhouse

  If they ever get the bugs out, autonomous cars will put a lot of human drivers out of work.
• The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices

  David Dayen

  How pharmacy benefit managers morphed from processors to predators
• The War on Facts Hits Prescription Drug Regulation

  Jerry Avorn

  The FDA's authority was under legal attack even before Trump. Now the agency faces a triple threat. 
• Trumping State Regulators and Juries

  Thomas O. McGarity

  The right backs states' rights when that's convenient—but uses federal preemption to overrule blue state policies.
• The War on Regulation

  Rena Steinzor

  Under Trump, it's open season on health, safety, labor, financial, and environmental measures—that protect people who voted for him.
• Saving the Planet Goes Local

  Ben Adler

  The Trump administration plans to decimate environmental safeguards—so blue states and cities are stepping up their efforts to arrest climate change.
• The Incoming Privatization Assault

  Jeremy Mohler & Donald Cohen

  Get ready for everything from private infrastructure and private prisons to voucherized schools and Medicaid.