An Interview With Draft Bernie Founder Nick Brana — Note: Responses have been edited for length. Nick Brana worked for the Bernie 2016 campaign, and now is the founder and leader of Draft Bernie For a People’s Party. He sits down with The Progressive Times to discuss the past, present, and future of progressive third parties in American politics. …

All eyes are now turned to a Democratic showdown in the Palmetto State — by Daniel Kauder By now most people have heard of the special elections in Kansas and Georgia, in which Democratic candidates were at the forefront of what is apparently a surging wave of anti-Trump voter engagement. In both Kansas’ 4th and Georgia’s 6th Districts, the Democratic candidate saw unprecedented surges…

Human rights violations in Myanmar: what’s happening and how to stop them — by Krishna Hammond Where democratic traditions are young, there will inevitably be an ongoing struggle between the government and the governed. Where institutions and norms do not work together to form a just civil society, violence and repression will inevitably be used to maintain order and stability, often by militaries…

by Noah Karvelis — In response to the failure of the Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, a tremendous opportunity has opened up for supporters of healthcare as a right for all Americans. As many, such as Senator Bernie Sanders, have realized, now is the time to begin the push…

by Krishna Hammond — Although many of us would prefer to believe otherwise, authoritarianism — and its now-neutered progenitor, monarchy — never really left the world stage. While the brief history of the United States has coincided with (and occasionally helped foster) a worldwide shift towards democratic nation-states bound together by a patchwork of…

An interview with MN Rep. Erin Maye Quade — Elected for the first time in 2016, Representative Erin Maye Quade represents District 57A in the Minnesota House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party. As a gay woman of color who also happens to be one of the youngest members of the Minnesota Legislature, Rep. Maye…

by Noah Karvelis — Nancy Pelosi was right- when it comes to Jeff Sessions and his alleged contacts with Russia, recusal is not enough. In a confirmation hearing before Congress, Sessions stated that he was “not aware of” and personally “did not have communications with the Russians” during the Trump campaign. This has turned…