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Fifteen years ago, during President Obama’s first term, we co-founded RootsAction as an online progressive group challenging not only Republicans but also the corporatism and militarism of the Democratic Party.

Two national activist groups, Progressive Democrats of America and RootsAction, announced today that they will launch a campaign soon after the November midterm elections calling for Reps. Ro Khanna and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to enter the race for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.

When I look back on all of my work over the last 30 years, one of the projects I’m most proud of is Meltdown, an audio series I did in 2021 with acclaimed director Alex Gibney that reveals the untold story of how Obama-era Democrats turning promises of economic hope and change into more of the same created the backlash conditions for the rise of Donald Trump. 

RootsAction, the first national organization to publicly support Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign, launched an online petition Tuesday strongly objecting to Mamdani's support for making Hakeem Jeffries leader of the House Democrats in the next Congress.

By the undersigned organizations.

A quarter-century has passed since the terrorist attack that killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.

Do people still say a car was “sold for parts”? Because the US is being sold for parts or just handed over to the oligarchy.

Dear Rep. Jeffries, Like other civic advocates, I read the New York Times and Wall Street Journal articles about your private meeting with Jared Kushner, Trump’s amateur Ambassador at Large, who is also furiously seeking investment opportunities while abroad.

Atlanta community organizer Bassey Etuk opened a community defense workshop in June with a stark observation, and heads nodded around the crowded room.

Twelve Democratic attorneys general, including California’s Rob Bonta, filed a lawsuit last month to block the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. by Paramount Skydance Corporation.