The grassroots opposition to President Donald Trump is hitting the streets everywhere.
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Voters Are Stripping Partisan Redistricting Power from Politicians In Anti-Gerrymandering Efforts
Colorado and Michigan voters – and possibly in Utah as well – called for the creation of independent commissions to decide congressional and legislative district boundaries.
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Record number of women win in the House
In total, 117 women were elected during the 2018 midterm elections – 96 elected to the House, 12 to the Senate and 9 as governor – shattering records and increasing the number of women in power.
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U.S. Election Rules Doomed Democrats’ Chances Of Taking The Senate
It’s a testament to how U.S. election rules tip the scales for white, rural voters who support the GOP.
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#WalkOutToVote: Demanding Change, Youth-Led Alliance Brings Power to Polls
The Future Coalition, including organizers with March For Our Lives, are leading students in hundreds of planned walkouts at schools nationwide for Tuesday's midterm election.
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This is How Republics End
Warnings from the fall of Rome.
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'We Have A Duty to Act': Hundreds Ready To Go To Jail Over Climate Crisis
A group of concerned citizens calling themselves Extinction Rebellion is planning a campaign of mass civil disobedience this month to force action on climate change.
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Beware the Memory Hole: Tuesday’s Vote Is A Good Time to Recall 2008
Donald Trump has warned that folks will “lose a lot of money” if the House turns blue. History—namely the 2008 financial crisis caused deregulated banks—suggests red is even costlier.
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Supreme Court Rejects White House Move To Block Teens’ Climate Change Lawsuit
The suit filed by 21 young plaintiffs argues that the failure of government leaders to battle climate change violates their constitutional right to life, liberty, property and a “stable climate system” that will sustain human life.
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Marijuana is on the ballot in four states, but legalization may soon stall, researchers say
Strong public support and successive waves of state-level legalization in election years has led many policy analysts to argue that marijuana has reached a tipping point in the United States.
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Report reveals: World's billionaires became 20% richer in 2017
Billionaires made more money last year than in any year in recorded history, increasing their wealth by $1.4 trillion, more than the GDP of Spain.
