A coalition of progressive groups is demanding that Democratic leadership reject endorsements and outside spending by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobbying group that helped take down two members of the “Squad” in their recent primaries. The letter, addressed to Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison, exclusively shared with HuffPost, emphasizes that … Read more
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has some obvious advantages as a potential running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris. He is a popular, moderate governor of a critical battleground state with strong ties to both law enforcement and organized labor. In the two weeks since Shapiro emerged on Harris’ short list, however, he has also been … Read more
What a difference four years makes. Around this time in 2020, the activist left was riding high. Joe Biden had clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, but he incorporated left-wing demands into his policy platform. Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.) — the group of left-wing insurgents … Read more
FLEMINGTON, N.J. — Sue Altman first made national headlines when she was expelled from a New Jersey state Senate hearing by state troopers in November 2019. The moment was captured in a photo of Altman, then the state director of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance ― a state branch of the progressive Working Families … Read more
Barring a significant upset, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey, a former Major League Baseball star, are set to emerge from California’s top two “jungle” primaries on Tuesday as the finalists for the open U.S. Senate seat previously held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The situation has left progressives nationally and in … Read more
During Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s tenure as a middle school principal, a “Wall of Honor” he curated honoring historical Black and Latino figures included a notorious antisemite and two Black militants convicted of murder and armed robbery, respectively. Bowman discussed the educational tool in a video, uploaded to YouTube in 2014, that depicts the addition of … Read more
