Today begins the era when out-and-proud socialists will have real pull in Washington, D.C.

In 2018, the election of two democratic socialists to the House of Representatives marked the beginning of a new political era. The socialist freshmen, both endorsed by the recently reinvigorated Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), were Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York City and Rashida Tlaib, representing…

New York City is preparing to send two DSA members, presumptive election night winners Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, to Capitol Hill. DSA-backed candidates made historic gains in this year’s Democratic primaries, with at least five expected to join current DSA members Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria…

WASHINGTON — There’s been a lot of talk this midterm election season about socialism, but only a handful of candidates running for Congress actually align with the far-left wing of the party or consider themselves part of the Democratic Socialists of America. Most of these candidates come from a few Democratic…

It is common for mainstream news outlets and political commentators in the United States to describe socialists as “very liberal” or simply “progressive,” or to puzzle over how to draw ideological lines between democratic socialists and others on the broad Left. There are, in fact, serious differences — differences…

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is entering a new phase. After decades on the political margins, DSA has helped elect a socialist mayor of New York City, won a string of congressional primaries, and grown to over 130,000 members. Now, as chapters across the country call for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run…