Democrats are at their most inspiring when they’re pushing actual policies. The public option is a good place to start.

Cecily McMillan was arrested during the protest in Zuccotti Park and spent 58 days in jail. Five years after it began, she considers what Occupy achieved—and why it didn’t go far enough.

Thanks to Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, the metric for determining economic health has changed.

As Sarah Jaffe’s new chronicle of American protest culture shows, change is happening—but it’s coming from below.

Blue-collar youth could be Hillary Clinton’s key to victory—if she can get them on board.

Becky Bond, who spearheaded digital organizing for Sanders, explains how the campaign mobilized millions of volunteers—and what it means for the future.

With populism on the rise in both parties, it has become fashionable for elites to bash the masses. But we need more democracy, not less.

We’re under attack from climate change—and our only hope is to mobilize like we did in WWII.

The party's national convention this weekend was a blatant—and often questionable—play for Bernie Sanders's disgruntled supporters.

Instead of praising Trump’s working class bona fides, progressives need to expose him as an ideological fraud.

The universe seemed to conspire against a successful Democratic National Convention. But now Clinton is off and running.

The party rolled out its old warhorses—while the next generation had to make its own noise.