Elections
After some gains, German left gears up for coming election
August 24, 2020Both the social democrats (SPD) and those who fight for socialism (LINKE) must wage battles against the right as they deal with internal disagreements.
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Private prison companies shower campaign cash on Trump and Republicans
August 14, 2020The fortunes of private prison companies have become increasingly intertwined with Republican political success.
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Closing the political gender gap
June 30, 2020When more women are elected, all working people benefit.
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‘The Vote’: As if our lives depended on it, then and now
June 11, 2020The Vote, writer-director Michelle Ferrari’s history of American women’s struggle to win the right to participate in elections, is more than an excellent comprehensive history.
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Postal Workers’ Dimondstein: USPS collapse would disenfranchise tens of millions
April 30, 2020Voting by mail is a longtime cause of both the nation’s postal unions, but it’s even more urgent in the time of a coronavirus pandemic.
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