Anti-Gerrymandering Ballot Measures Went Undefeated In 2018

As of a late vote count last week, Utah narrowly became the fourth state this fall – after Michigan, Utah and Missouri – to pass a ballot measure ending unfair gerrymandering.

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It May Not Be A Wave, But A Blue Tide Is Rising In the Deep South

Future elections in the closely watched states of Florida, Georgia and Texas could be within grasp of Democrats as suffrage expands across the region.

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Missouri Shows Why Healthcare Plays A Major Role In Next Week's Elections

Recent polling in Missouri – where Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is fighting to defend her seat – shows healthcare is at the top of the list of issues that voters care about.

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Could Florida's Youth Tip The Scales In 2018 Midterms?

In 2014, less than a quarter of the students at University of Florida voted. Now, “I really do see a shift happening. Many students are eager to vote,” a current student said.

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Texas Organizations Fight Voter ID Law By Getting Latinos Out to Vote

From the NAACP to Jolt, Spread the Vote and Vote Latino, an array of organizations is working to register young Latino voters and turn the Lone Star State blue this November.

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Labor Unions Turn to New Strategies In Effort To Shape Midterm Elections

If labor adapts to the changing economic and political realities that got Trump elected, it can play an outsized role helping reshape the body politic as economic insecurity increases for the majority.

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Under the Radar, Trump Tries to Weaken Federal Employee Unions Thwarted By Court

“President Trump’s illegal action was a direct assault on the legal rights and protections that Congress specifically guaranteed to the public-sector employees across this country who keep our federal government running every single day.”

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"Morally Reprehensible" New Orleans Utility Used Paid Actors As Protesters

In a textbook case of astroturfing, the sub-contractor of a local power utility in New Orleans paid people to act as supporters of a proposed $200 million gas-fired power plant.

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From Iowa to Oklahoma to Louisiana, States Seek Harsher Penalties for Pipeline Protesters

The bills drafted by the powerful and ultra-conservative American Legislation Exchange Council would translate into harsh fines and jail sentences for those who trespass or damage any pipeline construction.

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Mother's Day Reality: More Employed Single Mothers Are Poor in Today's America

More than a quarter of single mothers living without partners or parents are now in poverty, and almost twice as many women as men are likely to live in poverty at some point.

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