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Georgia Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams took the stage on election night event on May 22, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

Is Stacey Abrams Progressive?

The Georgia Democrat, while clearly forward-thinking on voting rights and other key issues, has repeatedly thrown her lot in with the corporate wing of the party.

Deborah Toler ·

Michael Bloomberg's millions kept Neera Tanden's group, the Center for American Progress, from publishing reports critical of Bloomberg's NYPD surveillance of Muslim communities.

'Grotesque Corruption': Emily's List, Center for American Progress Sold Out to Michael Bloomberg

It was “disconcerting” to be asked to remove the chapter “because of how it was going to be perceived by Mayor Bloomberg.”

Common Dreams staff ·

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) chats with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) alongside billionaire-philanthropist Tom Steyer during a break of the seventh Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register at the Drake University campus in Des Moines, Iowa on January 14, 2020.

On the Politics of 'Believing Women'

What we've seen as a result of Warren's statement is further perversion of the language of abuse and victimhood in a context it was never meant to be used.

Cari Hernandez ·

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) smiles as then-President Barack Obama signs a bill into law.

Obama Insider Confirms Former President Ready to Back Whoever Wins 2020 Nomination—Even Bernie Sanders

"Whoever emerges from the primary process, I will work my tail off to make sure that they are the next president."

Eoin Higgins ·

As Sanders 2020 Campaign Gains Steam, Corporate Democrats Reportedly 'Growing Increasingly Nervous'

"Being loathed and feared by the rich is a big reason why Bernie is so appealing, and Democrats who don't understand this by now will never get it."

Jake Johnson ·

The Factual Reporting About Beto by David Sirota That Stirred Epic Freakout

"I was portrayed as some sort of horrible villain dividing the Democratic Party for one tweet that said, 'I didn't know this...' And it became this huge controversy and people are freaking out."

Katie Halper ·

Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) during a debate with Sen. Ted Cruz during this year's campaign.

Beto, We Hardly Knew Ye

The Texas Democrat's actual political record deserves scrutiny, and it's not what progressives might expect from the overheated adulation that has sent his presidential balloon aloft

Norman Solomon ·

It's going to be a rough 18 months or so before someone comes out on top. (Illustrated | Alex Wong/Getty Images, Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy Stock Photo, REUTERS/Mike Segar, John Sommers II/Getty Images)

Democrats' 2020 Battle Royale Is Going to Be Brutal, Dirty, and Totally Worthwhile

Since there is no avoiding policy and ideology, let's have that fight — in every state and over every inch of political ground

Ryan Cooper ·

How the Russia Spin Got So Much Torque

Norman Solomon ·

Washington Post reporter Greg Jaffe suggests that the views of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton are much more popular among the foreign policy elite that those of President Barack Obama. (Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)

As Election Day Nears, Military Hawks Circle to Promote New Wave of War

A slew of bipartisan reports are hoping to push the former secretary of state to increased military action in the Middle East, particularly Syria

Lauren McCauley ·

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