How Progressives Can Win w/ Melat Kiros

Today we are re-releasing our interview with Melat Kiros, a progressive candidate for Congress in Colorado’s 1st District. Originally published in October of 2025, our interview broaches topics including how to get money out of politics and fix corruption, why Democratic resistance to Trump thus far has been largely ineffective, and how Democrats have failed on the genocide in Gaza and what to do about it. Kiros is running to unseat the longest-serving representative of Colorado’s current congressional delegation, Democrat Diana DeGette, and she is doing so with an unabashedly progressive platform. She has centered issues of affordable housing, healthcare, and money in politics throughout her campaign, and she has been outspoken against the genocide being perpetrated by Israel against Palestinians. Kiros’s primary election takes place at the end of this month on June 30th. Show Notes Melat Kiros for Colorado Credits Theme music by our youngest brother Tate. Cover art by Arthur Santoro. Get full access to The History Onion at historyonion.substack.com/subscribe