On Fighting Oligarchy Tour, Bernie Sanders Channels the Grateful Dead
An aging star playing to massive crowds of supporters in head-to-toe merch? It’s not the Grateful Dead, it’s the Fighting Oligarchy tour.
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Sherrod Brown, Weighing a 2026 Senate Bid, Starts a Workers’ Group
Mr. Brown, the Ohio Democrat who lost his race for re-election last year, is forming the Dignity of Work Institute, which will highlight workers’ struggles.
Supreme Court to Hear Dispute Over Louisiana Voting Map
The case, which centers on whether Louisiana’s congressional districts are an illegal racial gerrymander, tests the leeway that states have in drawing voting maps.
Schumer Again Defends Decision to Avoid Shutdown Amid Calls to Resign
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said a government shutdown would have been “10 or 20 times worse” than the Republican stopgap spending bill
Left-Wing Democrats Wait on AOC’s Decision as They Look to 2028 Election
With Bernie Sanders unlikely to run for president again and Democratic voters fuming at party leaders, many progressives see an open lane. But who will fill it?
How Are Democrats Responding to Trump?
The Democratic party is still grasping for a coherent response to the new Trump administration. Lisa Lerer, national politics correspondent for The New York Times, breaks Democrats into four categories to explain how to make sense of the fractured Democratic opposition.
Will She or Won’t She? Retirement Hovers Over Pelosi, and Her City.
Nancy Pelosi has represented San Francisco in Congress for nearly four decades. Challengers are lining up as she weighs running again or retiring.
Can Zohran Mamdani, a Socialist and TikTok Savant, Become NYC Mayor?
The progressive state assemblyman from Queens is building a new coalition of voters for his mayoral campaign, which has focused on the city’s lack of affordability.
Democratic Senators Ask Watchdogs to Investigate Musk’s Downsizing Efforts
The senators asked the inspectors general to look at future job cuts as well.
AOC Puts Her Own Spin on Bernie Sanders’s Pitch at Las Vegas Rally
The two progressive leaders, one young and one old, are touring Western cities with a similar message but a key difference in how they sell it.