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A grassroots political current is emerging in streets and ballot boxes, including Zohran Mamdani's affordability-focused mayoral campaign, communities protecting neighbors from ICE, and senators opposing arms shipments to Israel. The Democratic Party confronts an urgent choice between embracing principled, popular politics and persisting with out-of-touch elites and consultants that produce electoral losses. The Nation champions a more democratic, equal world by promoting progressive leaders, elevating movements for justice, and exposing oligarchs and corporations profiting at public expense. The organization’s independent journalism informs and empowers progressives and seeks donations to fund reporting, analysis, and commentary to oppose Trump and advance a just society.
We're starting to see one take shape in the streets and at ballot boxes across the country: from New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's campaign focused on affordability, to communities protecting their neighbors from ICE, to the senators opposing arms shipments to Israel. The Democratic Party has an urgent choice to make: Will it embrace a politics that is principled and popular, or will it continue to insist on losing elections with the out-of-touch elites and consultants that got us here?
At , we know which side we're on. Every day, we make the case for a more democratic and equal world by championing progressive leaders, lifting up movements fighting for justice, and exposing the oligarchs and corporations profiting at the expense of us all. Our independent journalism informs and empowers progressives across the country and helps bring this politics to new readers ready to join the fight.
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