We’re trying something new here at the Lowdown! We’ve been having a blast with our live talk show, so we’re... Read more...
Urgent alert to top Dem party poohbahs: Too many would-be Democratic voters are disillusioned by your tone-deaf, wishy-washy incrementalism! On... Read more...
It’s not the people who’ve “gone conservative,” it’s the Democratic establishment. Too many progressive organizations, especially larger Washington-based groups, have been too willing for too long to follow what in essence is the party’s business-as-usual corporate hierarchy. Read more...
Here they come again – That gaggle of Washington politicos and pundits who keep assailing Joe Biden’s package of FDRish... Read more...
Time flies when you're having fun, so those of us who merrily pull together this little newsletter each month were surprised recently when it dawned on us that--Holy Moly!--we've reached a milestone of populist pamphleteering: The 20th anniversary of The Lowdown. This retrospective issue is meant to be a contemplation on the progressive movement itself--what it's up against and how far it has progressed in these two decades. Read more...
In 2018 progressive forces prioritized a very different kind of political beauty: genuine democratic populism. Read more...
Electing good candidates is not our only, or always our surest, route to the policies and laws we want. Here's another way: Have the people themselves make the laws. Read more...
The professional political observers are so fixated on the minutia of Washington-centric politics that they're missing the much bigger story of transformative political changes that have erupted in every region of the country. Read more...
What's been happening politically and culturally this year in Colorado's second largest city is astonishing, encouraging ... even inspiring. Progressive/populist activists who're organizing all across America have a radiant model of success in one of the least likely places. Read more...
A majority of the public almost always blesses new presidents with a honeymoon gift. In a gesture of patriotic fairness,... Read more...
Buckle up, friends. Most Americans are about to be detoured onto a rough and rocky back road called “Trump Way.”... Read more...
In years past, Hollywood produced many awful Cowboy & Indian movies depicting the Great White Father’s heroic conquest of the... Read more...
What an amazing Democratic primary season it’s been, including this happy result: WE WON! “We” being the millions of young... Read more...