In the lead-up to the 2020 election, Democrats were extremely confident in Joe Biden’s prospects. With his comfortable lead in national polls, there was talk of a Biden landslide, a giant “blue wave” that could turn Texas blue. Even though the polls had been off in the 2016 election, media commentators reassured audiences that Biden’s lead was different – far stronger and more stable – than Hillary Clinton’s had been.

When it comes to the internet, our connections are generally controlled by telecom companies. But a group of people in Detroit is trying to change that. Motherboard met with the members of the Equitable Internet Initiative (EII), a group that is building their own wireless networks from the ground up in order to provide affordable and high-speed internet to prevent the creation of a digital class system.

Keith decided cases on some of America's most controversial issues, from school desegregation to government surveillance of citizens

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is broadening her push on the "Green New Deal," narrating an animated short film outlining the policy advocated by progressive lawmakers. By Rebecca Beitsch.

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Modern Monetary Theory is making waves in the realms of politics and economics. In an interview this week, Stephanie Kelton explained what it's all about. By Bryan Bowman.

Sanders Doesn't Cower From Call to Get Rid of Private [Health] Insurance Companies. By Jake Johnson.

Bernie Sanders fires up crowd at San Francisco rally. By Casey Tolan.

He went from the rumpled bit player of the progressive movement to a legit presidential candidate and liberal kingmaker. But now that Sanders wields such enormous power in Democratic politics, the question is, what’s he going to do with it? By Jason Zengerle.

Because I’m not trying to get or keep a job, or maintain a “respectable” reputation, I’m free to call a spade a spade and a bunch of horseshit a bunch of horseshit. By CJ Hopkins.

Better to stay meek and humble, lest the splendor of our victories renders us haughty and boastful. By Sean Keady.

Please support our common dreams today. By Jake Johnson.

Frustrated by political losses large and small, a progressive wing of the Democratic Party pushes a populist platform across the country. By Letitia Stein, Susan Cornwell, Joseph Tanfani.

Her new bill would compel corporations to dump “maximizing shareholder value” and put worker representatives on their boards. By Harold Meyerson.

Mainstream fact-checkers are still trying to discredit Bernie Sanders's Medicare-for-All plan. But there's no way around it: single-payer is entirely realistic. By Matt Bruenig.

The Hawaii congresswoman is backed by Bernie Sanders, but her controversial opinions have some progressives miffed. By Sabrina Siddiqui.

The United States is full of personally decent and caring, often highly intelligent people mired in political ignorance and delusion. By Paul Street.

George Pyle, the editorial page editor of The Salt Lake Tribune, doesn’t think of himself as a socialist because it sounds like being social.

Ideas like Medicare for All are written off as fantasy thinking by the same people who support virtually unlimited military spending. By Lindsay Koshgarian.

Some doctors support single-payer health care — even if that means a lower salary. By Dylan Scot.