In November, many working-class people dramatically registered their disgust with the Democratic Party, either by voting for Donald Trump or sitting the election out. Last week, as a result, Trump began his second term as president.
More than a dozen protesters, primarily affiliated with the Sunrise Movement, repeatedly stopped the DNC forum proceedings throughout the first 30 minutes. After five individual interruptions, six more protesters surged toward the stage, attempting to unfurl a banner, before they were forcibly removed.
The Democratic National Committee will elect a new chair on Saturday as the party seeks new leadership to guide Democrats through Donald Trump's second presidency. Eight candidates have lined up to replace outgoing Chair Jaime Harrison.
The event with DNC chair candidates temporarily devolved into chaos, but the slate took up corporate influence and climate issues raised by the protesters.
To counter the tech oligarchy of Trump’s second term, Democrats need to offer a clear message: no to corporate power and economic elites, yes to more democracy and worker organizing.
That long list of scandals made Trump’s second White House win confounding to many progressives. But not Bernie Sanders: “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,” the independent, left-wing senator from Vermont wrote on Nov. 6.
In the DNC race back then, Howard Dean was selected as the next party chair. In the midterms, Democrats routed the GOP and won control of Congress, and two years later Barack Obama was elected to the White House.
As two Midwesterners battle for control of the Democratic National Committee, they are making loud yet unverifiable claims about their levels of support.
Members of the Democratic National Committee are due to vote Saturday on who will lead the party. After 2024 election, Democrats are regrouping.
Wisconsin party chair Ben Wikler is claiming momentum with a fresh endorsement from Nancy Pelosi to lead the Democratic National Committee.
Faiz Shakir, former campaign manager for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss his bid to be the next Democratic party chair and his vision for the party after its 2024 election losses.
The longtime Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party chair could be promoted this weekend to leader of the Democratic National Committee. Why it matters: The winner takes the reins of a party that's still reeling from 2024 losses and divided about how to rebuild under a second Trump presidency.