Elections
Maxine Waters and Nury Martinez on electing women and winning the midterms
August 30, 2018"What we have to do is organize—county by county and state by state, talking to the majority of people who don’t believe in the rhetoric that’s coming out of the White House.”
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Progressive Andrew Gillum the victor in Florida Dem gov primary
August 29, 2018He becomes the third African American the Democrats will field for governorships this fall.
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Rough and tumble in Virginia midterm elections
August 28, 2018As the Nov. 6 midterm elections approach, Virginia, with its eleven congressional seats, is seeing some interesting and important battles.
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Players’ union and NFL meet as anthem debate spills into Texas Senate race
August 28, 2018Beto O’Rourke’s defense of kneeling players was apparently so “threatening” that Ted Cruz is now taking aim in a new campaign ad.
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Constitutional amendments threaten democracy in North Carolina
August 28, 2018A set of six proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot this fall are designed to lock out Black voters and lock in Republican power.
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