
The Hill - 5 hours 14 min ago
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday shared support for progressives in the Democratic Party, backing their ability to answer to "no master." "I think when I see so many of these incredible insurgent candidates that are running today that's part of what makes me so proud of them is that they...

The Guardian - 9 hours 42 min ago
New research shows that a class gap on the left threatens any winning coalition but there are ways to address it Debates on the left are typically framed as a division between moderates and progressives, with the two sides wrestling over how best to form a governing coalition. Yet, in many ways, this divide obscures a much bigger fault line: the class divide. The fact is, many of the Democratic party's ideological factions consist almost exclusively of college-educated professionals. As a result...

The Guardian - 14 hours 42 min ago
With Abdul El-Sayed's win, the party's leftwing insurgency had breached the walls of a midwestern swing state, forcing a reckoning about Democrats' direction and leadership Standing before The Spirit of Detroit , a landmark bronze statue in the city's downtown, in the early hours of a Wednesday morning, Abdul El-Sayed channelled boxing great Muhammad Ali. "We shook up the world," he declared. The 41-year-old former public health official had just delivered a knockout blow...