A Progressive Viewpoint

  The Democrat Party once championed the causes of working and middle-class Americans, earning a reputation as the party of labor, opportunity, and fairness. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal reshaped the nation during the Great Depression, offering a lifeline to struggling families. Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society programs fought poverty and expanded civil rights. However, in recent decades, the Democratic Party has drifted away from its roots, leaving the middle class feeling abandoned. This betrayal is not just a perception but a reality born of policy failures, corporate influence, and political cowardice. If the Democratic Party truly wishes to reclaim its mantle as the defender of everyday Americans, it must embrace bold reforms. How the Democrat Party Failed the Middle Class Corporate Influence and Neoliberal Policies Beginning in the late 20th century, Democrats embraced neoliberalism, prioritizing free markets and deregulation. Policies like NAFT...

 Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent loss in the presidential race highlights a significant disconnect between Democratic leadership and the priorities of many American voters, particularly those who advocate for progressive change. Harris’s campaign, like Biden’s before her, adhered to a neoliberal framework that failed to inspire those frustrated by economic inequality, corporate influence, and the erosion of workers’ rights. Rather than pushing a transformative agenda, the campaign often came across as a defense of the status quo, one more aligned with corporate interests than with the urgent needs of working people. Progressive policies were conspicuously absent from Harris’s platform, and this absence was keenly felt by voters. The campaign neglected critical issues like the consolidation of monopolies, unchecked price gouging by large corporations, and the commodification of housing by hedge funds. These forces contribute to soaring prices and a housing crisis that has left...

  The U.S. finds itself in a precarious moment as it braces for an election where much more than party victory is at stake. Two formidable, polarizing figures — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris — stand before us, each symbolizing a radically different future. But the backdrop of this campaign season is as explosive as it is foreboding: the persistence of election denialism, amplified by Trump’s almost Orwellian blueprint, Project 2025, which promises to reshape the country into an institution that answers only to him.   For those watching from afar, America’s slide toward self-destruction seems like a scripted drama, with every act driven by contempt for democratic principles. Yet for Americans, there’s little fiction in this script, and every poll is a pulse check on a deeply ailing body politic.   Kamala Harris: A Choice to Maintain Democracy?   A Harris win might seem like a sigh of relief for those fearing the collapse of democratic institutions, but ...

  President Biden’s decision to forgive an additional $45 billion in student loans for public servants is a step in the right direction. But let me be clear: it does not go far enough. The student debt crisis in this country is one of the great moral and economic failures of our time. Millions of Americans—young people, working families, and seniors—are drowning in debt simply because they wanted to get an education. That is unacceptable.   In the 1970s, a student could go to college, work a part-time job, and graduate with little to no debt. Today, that is nearly impossible. Over the last 40 years, the cost of higher education has skyrocketed, while wages have stagnated. Students are graduating with tens of thousands of dollars in debt, and they’re paying off loans for decades. This is outrageous. Higher education has gone from being a path to opportunity to a trap of financial ruin for too many.   Meanwhile, universities have become bloated with administrative...