Elections and Campaigns
The Karen Bass for Mayor Campaign
Though she lacks Caruso-level financial firepower, Bass has one solid advantage: The people of Los Angeles are, by-and-large, not morons.
Democrats Not Only Game in Town for Ethiopian-American Voters
Teddy Fikre is an Ethiopian-American independent candidate for Congress in Virginia. He discusses the challenges that his community faces in advocating for their homeland through U.S. electoral politics.
Gerrymandering Comes with a High price tag
Taxpayers pay millions for lawsuits over redistricting maps that limit their choices and debase democracy
Women Rule New York City
For the first time ever, New York's City Council has a female – and nearly a woman of color –majority.
Whither and Whether Proportional Voting in the USA
Unlike parliamentary democracies, the US has directly elected executive offices, beginning with the president and including governors, mayors, district attorneys, and other officials. Click here.
Torture Memo's John Yoo Devises Theory for Stealing Presidential Elections
The extensive gerrymandering of state legislatures to benefit Republicans increases the likelihood that this scenario will occur.
Democrats Can Win if Biden-Harris Say They Won’t Run
Republican control of Congress will make it difficult for the Biden-Harris administration, or any other Democrat, to achieve any legislative victories in 2024.
January 6 Hearing: FBI Investigated and Lambasted Trump’s Stolen Election Claims
Trump was told “dozens" of Justice Department investigations had found nothing.
Big Money Defeats Progressive San Francisco Prosecutor Chesa Boudin
The ruling rich in our country have only one answer to the social problems we have: Lock ‘em up.
AT&T Donates to Lawmakers Who Voted to Overturn the 2020 Election
Corporations that claim to value democracy put greater value on having access to lawmakers, no matter what extreme views they hold. Truly a sad state of affairs.
Los Angeles Election - Distracted and Disengaged
Distracted, Disengaged: Where Are LA’s Voters? How Come so Few Show Up at the Polls?
Election Subversion Is Replacing Voter Suppression
Those Republican election officials who stood up to President Trump in 2020 and saved the United States from a potential constitutional. For more, read here!
Progressive Voter Guide Primary 2022
The June 7, 2022, California Primary Election is just around the corner. But you don’t have to wait for election day to cast your ballot. In California
Will California House Races Make or Break National Progressive Agenda?
With the margin of the Democratic majority so extremely thin in the Congress, chances of keeping and advancing any progressive federal legislation will be blocked for years.
Did LA Mayoral Candidate Kevin de León Snub Black Immigrants?
Tuesday, Black immigrants came together to host the first mayoral forum focused on the issues of Black immigrants.
Witnessing and Making History: 2022 Presidential Elections in Colombia
At the same time western newspapers, especially those in the mainstream US, have made ominous predictions of a military backlash if the leftist ticket wins.
Labor-Backed Candidates, Not Leftists, Making Progress in California
The fight for unity of all democratic forces against the ultra-right is the pressing demand and has been for years.
Riverside and San Bernardino Primary Elections 2022
Vote for a better future for the Inland Empire and not the perpetuation of a past system and leaders willing to perpetuate a status quo that worked well for a select few
Bernie Sanders of AIPAC's Super PAC: 'This Is a War' for Democratic Party's Future
"They are doing everything they can to destroy the progressive movement in this country," said the senator.
GOP Splits: Far Right Gains Ground in East, Loses Out West
Still, fringe candidates are luring GOP voters and winning key races.
What's Up with the Anti-Democracy Movement
Who's funding it, why it's inspired by Viktor Orban, and what it aims to achieve