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From 'Clean Eating' to Clean Rules: What Progressives Can Collaborate On With MAHA

The question isn’t whether the two groups share a few habits; it’s whether they can work together to build the political muscle needed to implement regulations that make everyone safer.

May 04, 2026

Eat real food. Buy organic. Filter your water.

Scroll through Instagram and you’ll find no shortage of such advice from the “MAHA girls,”—young women drawn to the Make America Healthy Again movement. If you have been accustomed to MAHA through its most famous champion—Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who helped popularize the slogan—#MAHA girls show a wider and growing allure of MAHA and their messages.

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Rep. Mejia's Win Proves That Progressive Ideas Are Also Popular Ideas

Poll after poll shows majorities of the public back taxing corporations and the very rich, prefer a Medicare for All healthcare system to our patchwork private insurance system, and are deeply concerned about climate change.

Apr 30, 2026

The re-election of Donald Trump reignited a simmering feud between the progressive and centrist wings of the Democratic Party. While centrists have cautioned against alienating “moderate” voters, progressives have urged the party to rally around universal healthcare, raising wages, and other populist measures.

If recent elections are any indication, moderate voters seem plenty receptive to progressive appeals.

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