‘The Squad keeps getting bigger’: progressive Democrats see wave of victories | The Guardian

Wins mark a dramatic shift from the spate of losses the progressive wing suffered over the last yearProgressive Democrats are enjoying a wave of victories in federal primaries across the country with some especially notable triumphs for Black activist candidates.Those successes, candidates and strategists say, are due to a mixture of broad energy from the Black Lives Matter movement, failure of conventional policy remedies to meet the moment and a rock-solid infrastructure of progressive organizations. Continue reading…

Wins mark a dramatic shift from the spate of losses the progressive wing suffered over the last year

Progressive Democrats are enjoying a wave of victories in federal primaries across the country with some especially notable triumphs for Black activist candidates.

Those successes, candidates and strategists say, are due to a mixture of broad energy from the Black Lives Matter movement, failure of conventional policy remedies to meet the moment and a rock-solid infrastructure of progressive organizations.

Continue reading…