On Tuesday, over 47 percent of voters chose a racist, billionaire demagogue to lead the country. It was a victory for nativism, bigotry, regressive economic theories, anti-LGBTQ identity politics, and antichoice policies. But it was not a repudiation of radical progressive programs.

In fact, the time is ripe for common-sense socialism to make concrete gains across the country–and it’s needed now more than ever.