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Black Vote Elects Jones In Alabama African American voters made Doug Jones a U.S. Senator in Alabama. The Atlantic: "Election day defied the narrative and challenged traditional thinking about racial turnout in off-year elections and special elections. Precincts in...
The Grassroots Won Alabama's Senate Race
Doug Jones's victory in Alabama belongs to the voters, who rose up from the grassroots in a new movement to restore voting rights and met the challenge of keeping a homophobe, racist and accused pedophile out of the U.S. Senate.
Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice in Alabama
In his victory speech, Doug Jones recalled Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous words: “The arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice.” And today in Alabama it did, thanks to the voters who came together to reject hate.
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GOP Hammers Out Tax Plan Amid the rush to finish GOP tax bill, a sudden slowdown for second thoughts. LA Times: "The rush to finish the GOP tax overhaul has hit a snag as Republicans grapple with substantial differences between the House and Senate bills, and pause to...
Making Every Vote Count in Alabama and Beyond
There’s a lot at stake in Alabama right now; every vote counts. That’s why we’ve been going door to door to let folks know they have the right to vote, and get them out to the polls. We're working together so people know We All Count.
Democrats Need More Democracy, Not Less
Two political scientists lament in a recent op-ed in the New York Times, that "the Democratic Party Becoming Too Democratic?" Their cherry-picked election data and anecdotes paint a misleading portrait of what our country needs.
Mainers Brave Storm to Challenge Sen. Collins to Vote "No" on Tax Bill
Despite freezing temperatures and snowfall, hundreds from across New England turned out in Kittery, Maine to demand that Senator Susan Collins finally listen to the will of the voters and reject the Republican tax overhaul.
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GOP Barrels Towards Tax Cuts Precision sacrificed for speed as GOP rushes ahead on taxes. WaPo: "Republicans are moving their tax plan toward final passage at stunning speed, blowing past Democrats before they’ve had time to fully mobilize against it but leaving the...
Republicans Declare War On Higher Education
The GOP's proposed rewrite of the Higher Education Act will compound the harm done by their tax plan. It further constricts learning opportunities for students, adds to the costs of education, and steers more money to for-profit businesses.
Can Democrats Do More to Stop the GOP Tax Cuts?
Congressional Democrats' resistance to the tax bill has been tepid, compared to their full-court press against repeal of the ACA. Have Democratic leaders been sending smoke signals to the donor class that they can have their tax cuts?
