Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Democrats Should Remember Al Gore Won Florida in 2000 — But Lost the Presidency With a Preemptive Surrender
At midnight on election day last Tuesday, vote tallies showed Republican candidates ahead in key races in Florida, Georgia and Arizona. However, many votes remained to be counted in all three states.
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Defeats and Victories for Public Banking, Cooperative Economics In 2018 Election
What does the disappointing loss on L.A.’s public banking initiative tell us about the future of cooperative economics?
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All 19 Black Women Running for Judge in a Texas Race Won Tuesday
Looking for some great news after Tuesday's midterms? Meet the #Houston19.
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The Billion Dollar Companies In the Business of Imprisoning Children
ICE does business with a lot of companies that are making big, big money imprisoning children. Now, Geo Group, Corecivic and General Dynamics are coming under increasing scrutiny.
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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.
