Jamal Bowman: "If I had kept my mouth shut, I would have been in Congress" | Top As the United States approaches the midterm elections, a new wave of progressive candidates is challenging the Democratic establishment, campaigning on affordability, health care for all and opposition to big money in politics. But with deepening disputes over capitalism, US foreign policy and support for Israel, can the Democratic Party embrace its growing left wing? And even if the progressives win the election, can they bring meaningful change to working-class Americans?