Historian Thomas Zimmer says that American democracy is still in a bad place but that Trump has been slowed on a number of fronts.

California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer understands the growing opposition to billionaires like himself, but argues that his record shows that he cares about Americans who aren’t wealthy.

Author Jason Stanley says that Trump’s fascism helps explain his decisions to invade Iran and Venezuela.

Elizabeth Saunders and Kian Tajbakhsh discuss President Trump’s decision to attack Iran, assessing the value of weakening an anti-American regime versus the risk of starting another conflict in the Middle East.

Journalist Justin Miller explains why both the Democratic and Republican U.S. Senate primaries in Texas are so close.

Journalist Tia Mitchell explains why Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock have been so successful in a red-leaning state and why they might be national candidates in the future.

Writer Toby Buckle says moving to the right on social issues has failed for Britain’s liberals and would also be a disaster for U.S. Democrats.

Danielle Wiggins, a historian at Georgetown University, says Jesse Jackson’s 1984 and 1988 campaigns used rhetoric, tactics, and policy that would greatly benefit Democrats today.

New York journalist Peter Sterne says that Zohran Mamdani’s first month as mayor shows a politician balancing big goals with a lot of barriers to them.

Gavin Newsom has catapulted himself to the top ranks of potential Democratic candidates, and many progressives are hoping Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes steps toward a 2028 campaign.

University of Louisville political scientist David Buckley says liberal religious leaders are playing a key role in Minneapolis and in other efforts to resist Trump.

Georgetown philosophy professor Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò explains why it’s vital for those resisting Trump to acknowledge and share their successes, both large and small.

Criminal justice expert Jessica Pishko says ICE’s abuses in Minneapolis are rooted in an over-criminalization of immigration policy and that Customs and Border Protection is even more radical than ICE.

University of Utah professor Marshall Steinbaum says American higher education should be reformed so we don’t have well-funded colleges for rich students and underfunded ones that lower-income people attend.

Tennessee’s Aftyn Behn explains how she nearly won a special election in a very red U.S. House district last month.

Liberal foreign policy expert Matt Duss describes why Trump’s foreign moves are so erratic and how the next Democratic administration should approach foreign affairs.

The Massachusetts senator says Democrats must embrace both social programs like universal childcare and higher taxes on the wealthy, even if those ideas push more billionaires to the GOP.

University of Denver political scientist Seth Masket explains why scholars are so alarmed by some of Trump’s recent moves.

Indivisible’s Leah Greenberg argues mass public opposition to Trump’s actions in Venezuela is essential to preventing him from unilaterally attacking another country.

Columbia University’s Elizabeth Saunders says Trump’s moves in Venezuela are the latest illustration that he is far less constrained by his advisers and Congress than during his first term.