Elections
Danica Roem: Shoe leather and local issues key to progressive wins
December 8, 2017Her message, which she carried with her reporter’s notebooks from house to house, including on the rainy Saturday night before the election, was relentlessly local and focused.
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Cuba heads to the polls: A primer on Cuban elections
December 7, 2017In order to understand democracy in Cuba, it is necessary to look beyond the many misperceptions and stereotypes promoted by the U.S. media.
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Labor advocate Wendy Carrillo elected to California Assembly
December 7, 2017This Assembly race was the final stage of a cascade of other political events that started when California Senator Barbara Boxer retired.
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Honduran police go on strike, refuse to support coup
December 5, 2017“Our people are sovereign and we have a duty to them, therefore we cannot confront them and suppress their rights.”
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To win in Alabama, Doug Jones must create a new coalition
December 4, 2017There is a new Alabama that has grown beyond old racial divides.
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