The major public opinion survey institutions in the US (Pew Research, Gallup, and others) and the UK (YouGov UK, Ipsos UK, and others) are telling the same story. The citizens of both countries are ...

The relationship between capitalism and democracy in America isn’t always easy—and it has been that way since 1776. After the American Revolution, no one was more responsible for setting capitalism’s ...

Progressives have long sought to transform the United States into a Scandinavian-style social democracy. New York City offers a plausible demonstration of what that might look like—and it’s not an ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Democracy is at once everywhere and nowhere—on the lips of the masses calling for ...