From Vox, these charts show Democrats’ extraordinary state election losses under Obama. Nate Cohn on how the demise of the Southern Democrat is now nearly complete. Suzy Khimm on the Left’s Green Lantern problem: To truly change America, progressives must start winning down-ballot races — and soon. Ryan Cooper on the Left-wing plan to rescue the Democratic Party. From Dissent, David Marcus writes in praise of amateur politics; Michael Kazin on why Leftists should also be Democrats; and a selection of key essays on democratic socialism. John Nichols on why grassroots Democrats don’t have a problem with democratic socialism. Jonathan Chait on Bernie Sanders and the brazen return of socialism. Bhaskar Sunkara explains what Bernie Sanders’s socialism gets right and wrong. Donald Trump is getting all the press, but the Bernie Sanders movement is more important for the future. Colin Robinson on Bernie Sanders and the future of the American Left.
