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Photo by Rebecca Burns.   Caveat: Policy solutions aren’t exactly one-size-fits-all   How to fix housing in a dense and expensive city like New York will look different than in a sparsely-populated, poverty-stricken rural area like Alaska. As long as there’s a throughline that centers working people rather than billionaires and big business, and powerful, bold solutions that people can easily understand, various policies can win for Democrats in 2026.  More on this throughlin

For a full year now, since Trump was elected, Democrats have floundered.  Time is running out for them to unite around a winning agenda for the 2026 midterms and beyond.   A policy agenda that resonates with some Republican and independent voters, as well as a majority of Democrats, is a must for Democrats to win the midterms and begin rebranding the party.   This does NOT mean that the agenda, or candidates, must be “moderate.” Far from it.  It just means that they must have

Zohran Mamdani. Photograph: Thalia Juarez/The Guardian   Zohran Mamdani is the 33-year-old DSA member and Democratic nominee for mayor of...

New Dem Brittany Pettersen, who brought her newborn to work because she wasn't allowed to vote by proxy. A recent article in Semafor...

Ezra Klein, co-author of Abundance.   Democrats are still grasping for a vision that can attract voters, guide their strategy and win...

We’re back, with more analysis of how progressives can best respond to the Trump era now, and create a path forward for our agenda.  ...