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 surged in polls of the 2028 Democratic field, while many progressives are hoping Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seeks the nomination.

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 state representative Aftyn Behn says she nearly won a U.S. House special election in December in a very conservative district because even Trump voters feel that the president’s policies haven’t improved their lives.

Matt Duss, executive vice president for the Center for International Policy, says there is no coherent strategy to Trump’s foreign policy beyond showing power and enriching the president and his allies.

The Massachusetts senator says the party can learn from its winning candidates in New York City and New Jersey.

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.

TNR’s Monica Potts argues that Democrats shouldn’t focus on winning the working class or any specific bloc, but instead be “loud” on a few issues that resonate with the entire electorate.

Political analysts Brian Beutler and Will Stancil say that Democrats may be overemphasizing affordability instead of campaigning against all of Trump’s misdeeds.

TNR’s Grace Segers explains how both parties’ fortunes changed dramatically in 2025.

Andrea Hunley, assistant minority leader for the Indiana Senate Democrats, says even some Republican lawmakers oppose the gerrymandering of the state’s U.S. House seats that Trump is demanding.

Michigan Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow explains why Trump is losing ground in her state, which was critical to his victories in 2016 and 2024.

The Guardian’s Moira Donegan walks through the many signs that Trump’s sway over fellow Republicans is diminishing.

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed argues that it will be impossible to bring down costs without challenging major corporations.

Legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw says anti-Blackness is an essential tool in Trump’s authoritarian playbook.