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Rep. Keith Ellison says the party needs to empower local activists and parties and drive a progressive agenda that resonates with the working-class voters that ditched Democrats in the 2016 election. (Associated Press)
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Death of Liberal Media Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Jasskirat Saini, 20, of Plainview, New York, is charged with 10 counts of aggravated harassment over racist graffiti found on Nassau Community College's campus between October and Dec. 20, 2016. (ABC 7NY screenshot)
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State Sen. Phil Berger speaks on the senate floor during a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly called to consider repeal of NC HB2 in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. North Carolina's legislature reconvened to see if enough lawmakers are willing to repeal a 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights, including which bathrooms transgender people can use in public schools and government buildings. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
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State Sen. Sentor Mike Woodard speaks on the floor of the senate during a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly called to consider repeal of NC HB2 in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. North Carolina's legislature reconvened to see if enough lawmakers are willing to repeal a 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights, including which bathrooms transgender people can use in public schools and government buildings. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
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In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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In this Oct. 19, 2016 photo, Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell speaks during a news conference at the HHS in Washington. The Obama administration says 6.4 million people have signed up so far this year for subsidized private insurance coverage through HealthCare.gov. Despite rising premiums, dwindling insurers, and a Republican vow to repeal “Obamacare,” enrollment is running ahead of last year’s pace. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Cover of the latest National Geographic, with a focus on gender.
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State Sen. Jay Chaudhuri, D-Wake, speaks on the senate floor during a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly called to consider repeal of NC HB2 in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. North Carolina's legislature reconvened to see if enough lawmakers are willing to repeal a 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights, including which bathrooms transgender people can use in public schools and government buildings. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
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FILE - These undated file combination photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows death row inmates Ronald Phillips and Raymond Tibbetts. Ohio Gov. John Kasich turned down Phillips' request for mercy on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Phillips is scheduled for execution on Feb. 15, 2017. Kasich also granted a short reprieve to death row inmate Tibbetts, scheduled to die in February but now set for April 12. (AP Photo/Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections, File)
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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, file photo, members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System, CalPERS listen to discussion about reinvesting in tobacco stocks in Sacramento, Calif. The board decided Monday to sell off its last $550 million worth of tobacco-related investments nearly two decades after trading away the bulk of them. California's largest pension system is downgrading its expectations for investment earnings, meaning government agencies will likely have to contribute more tax dollars to retirement benefits for public employees. The decision Wednesday, Dec. 21. 2016, by the CalPERS' board responds to long-term financial pressures and projections of lower returns on global investments over the next decade. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper, File)
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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, file photo, members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System, CalPERS listen to discussion about reinvesting in tobacco stocks in Sacramento, Calif. California's largest pension system is downgrading its expectations for investment earnings, meaning government agencies will likely have to contribute more tax dollars to retirement benefits for public employees. The decision Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 by the CalPERS' board responds to long-term financial pressures and projections of lower returns on global investments over the next decade. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper, File)
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State Sen. Phil Berger speaks on the senate floor during a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly called to consider repeal of NC HB2 in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. North Carolina's legislature reconvened to see if enough lawmakers are willing to repeal a 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights, including which bathrooms transgender people can use in public schools and government buildings. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
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In this Oct. 19, 2016, photo, Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell speaks during a news conference at the HHS in Washington. The Obama administration says 6.4 million people have signed up so far this year for subsidized private insurance coverage through HealthCare.gov. Despite rising premiums, dwindling insurers, and a Republican vow to repeal Obamacare, enrollment is running ahead of last years pace. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Opponents of House Bill 2 hold signs outside the House chambers gallery as the North Carolina General Assembly convenes for a special session at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP) ** FILE **
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FILE - This Sept. 21, 2010, file photo shows the death chamber of the new lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. Only 30 people were sentenced to death in the United States in 2016, the lowest number since the early 1970s and a further sign of the steady decline in use of the death penalty. The number is a sharp drop from the 49 death sentences last year and just a fraction of the peak of 315 in 1996, according to a report from the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit organization that opposes capital punishment and tracks the issue. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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Rep. Jeff Collins, a Republican from Rocky Mount, protests the North Carolina General Assembly's fifth special session as unconstitutional Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, in the House chambers, in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina's legislature reconvened Wednesday to decide whether enough lawmakers are willing to repeal a 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights, including which bathrooms transgender people can use in public schools and government buildings. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP)
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North Carolina Speaker of the House Tim Moore speaks during a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. North Carolina's legislature is reconvening to see if enough lawmakers are willing to repeal a 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights, including which bathrooms transgender people can use in public schools and government buildings. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
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Hunter Schafer, of Raleigh, holds a sign in favor of repealing North Carolina HB2 during a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. North Carolina's legislature is reconvening to see if enough lawmakers are willing to repeal the 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights, including which bathrooms transgender people can use in public schools and government buildings.(AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
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This undated photo released by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Tyrone Noling. The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with the death row inmate who sought DNA testing on a cigarette butt found near the scene of the 1990 double murder that led to his sentence.At issue in the case was whether there is a constitutional appeals process for death row prisoners who have requests for DNA testing denied after a trial ends. The divided court ruled 4-3 Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, that part of a law denying that appeals process is unconstitutional. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP)
