Why the DSA doesn’t run on a Green New Deal anymore

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast | Jul 7

With Democratic Socialist candidates finding successes in elections around the country, why has the far-left party's agenda stopped emphasizing a former tentpole issue?

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Robinson Meyer, founding executive editor of Heatmap talks about the DSA's evolving relationship to the Green New Deal and climate policy in general, as its members keep winning elections in big cities.

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