This primer looks past labels and spotlights the modern-day American socialist candidate and where ... the fourth-highest-ranking Democrat in the party’s House leadership this summer.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have not been as front-and-center as they once were, they still remain a powerful force in the Democratic Party and ... our list of socialist candidates in the ...

An immigrant labor lawyer, Hillquit became one of the top leaders of the American Socialist Party until his death in 1933. According to Jacobin, Hillquit’s campaign for mayor featured agitation ...

An Asian immigrant, Ling Ye, is seeking to topple Democratic Socialist Brooklyn Councilwoman Alexa Avilés in the June 24 primary election.

After leading the American Railway Union in a confrontation ... Upon his release, Debs became a featured speaker for the Socialist Party, and ran for president in 1900 as their nominee.