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Education Matters More Than Trump to Wisconsin Voters
Local issues hold the key to many midterm elections, despite talk about how Trump is nationalizing these races and Democrats should do the same. Education tops the list in Wisconsin, where the incumbent governor Scott Walker, has slashed support for public schools.
Keith Ellison for Minnesota Attorney General
We can imagine a world where everyone can live free, joyful lives, regardless of what they look like, where they came from, how they worship or whom they love. Keith embodies the kind of co-governing relationship we believe in at TakeAction Minnesota, and our journey with him will continue.
, where the feminine is highly respected, and no one is held back or harmed because of their gender or sexuality. We can imagine a democracy that’s by the people, for the people, and is representative of the people. We can imagine a future
Mainers Ask Voters to Support Home Care and Question 1
In an effort to make the stakes clear in the upcoming vote on universal home care in Maine, supporters of Question 1 from across the state are posting dozens of videos to social media explaining why passage of the referendum is so important to them personally, and for...
Progressive Breakfast
GOP Voter Suppression Targets Minorities Nationwide Republican voter suppression efforts are targeting minorities. NPR: "Since the 2010 elections, 24 states have implemented new restrictions on voting. Alabama now requires a photo ID to cast a ballot. Other states...
Progressive Breakfast
Gorsuch, SCOTUS Shield Ross From Census Scrutiny SCOTUS shields Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from answering questions in census controversy. WaPo: "The Supreme Court on Monday shielded Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from answering lawyers’ questions in a lawsuit...
Riding Backroads for Change in Rural Wisconsin
There’s so much at stake in November. Western Wisconsin is an area that voted for Obama twice, and then turned around and voted for Trump. It takes people like me who live there and have lived there my whole life to step forward and say, “That’s not who we are.”
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Wants To Eliminate Transgender As Category ‘Transgender’ could be defined out of existence Under Trump administration. NYT: "The Trump administration is considering narrowly defining gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth,...
Organizing for Hope on the Jersey Shore
Prior to Hurricane Sandy, I was a pretty introverted guy – still am. But we can put all our voices together and speak very loudly for what the Jersey Shore needs from its elected officials, now.
Progressive Breakfast
Voter Turnout May Hit 50-Year High Voter Turnout Could Hit 50-Year Record For Midterm Elections. NPR: "The 2018 elections could see the highest turnout for a midterm since the mid-1960s, another time of cultural and social upheaval. 'It's probably going to be a...
Rising Teachers Put Education On The Ballot In Fall Elections
Hundreds of educators are running for office in this November's midterm elections. This year's Educator Spring brought teachers into the streets in massive protests that thrust education issues into electoral contests up and down the ballot, and pushed...
