Liberals raise concerns about efforts by Clinton enforcer David Brock.

I never would’ve known I had breast cancer if I hadn’t gone to Planned Parenthood last year. Now Republicans want to shut down an organization that saved my life. By Gina Tron.

Organizationally, the US right is light-years ahead of the left. A leading political scientist explains what Democrats should do to change that. By Theda Skocpol.

Former congressional staffers reveal best practices for making Congress listen. 

Republicans denied seven million their right to vote, and no one seems to care. By Thom Hartmann, Richard Greene.

As the Democrats and their acolytes in the media pivot towards hysteria against ‘the others’ to explain their failures, let us not forget what has happened over the past thirty years, culminating in the stunning election of 2016... [Sam Seder interviews Thomas Frank.]

Three weeks after the election of Donald Trump, Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke at the Free Library of Philadelphia as part of his "Our Revolution" book tour.

What I saw in Dover was too much campaign spending and too little party building, a campaign-in-a-box imported from outside, flaunting best practices but tied too weakly into the community, mobilizing too little and too late. By Daniel Schlozman.

“Let’s face it: Some of the fierceness of media attacks on Trump, such as from de facto neoconservative liberal-tinged entities like the Washington Post, is propelled by rage that his stance toward Russia lacks the neocon qualities that a Hillary Clinton presidency offered.” By Norman Solomon.

Liberals’ belief in their superior ability to govern has never had the facts on its side. By Rune Møller Stahl and Bue Rübner Hansen.

The defeat of Hillary Clinton was a consequence of a political crisis with roots extending back to 1964. The warning signs should have been obvious. By Jerome Karabel.

This is no time to back away from our commitment to women’s rights, racial justice and sexual equality.. By Laurie Penny.

The onetime insurgent candidate is now in a position to reshape the Democratic Party and take on Donald Trump. By Matt Taibbi.

Defending the liberal project is a Sisyphean task in part because successfully inculcating liberal norms leads to habits that weaken the ability to sustain them. By Conor Friedersdorf.

“In a decade on the House Financial Services Committee Keith Ellison hasn’t targeted the credit card racketeers, or the banksters who flooded the market with predatory home and student loans or federal officials who refuse to relieve underwater homeowners.” By Bruce A. Dixon.

Political candidacies are like jokes: if you need to explain them, there’s something wrong. Clinton’s launched an entire cottage industry of explanation. By David V. Johnson.

Bernie Sanders isn’t going quietly into the night – not by a long shot. By Mark Karlin.

A lawsuit tried to force California to sell factory farm eggs from states where hens were cruelly treated. By Wayne Pacelle.

How Cornel West went from liberal media darling to pariah. By Connor Kilpatrick.

Millions of containers, thousands of ships, hundreds of scientists, 30 laws, 15 federal agencies, and we still can’t prevent the next foodborne illness outbreak. By Kathryn Miles.