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Diverse Dems Challenge Trump Loyalists Democratic embrace of diverse candidates collides with barbed politics of Trump era. NYT: "Democratic nominees for governor include three African-Americans, two of them in the old Confederacy, a prospect that not long ago would...
It's Time For Progressives To Raise Their Game
Victory is sweet, but celebration brief - for our struggle has only just begun. The progressive populist insurgency in the Democratic Party has tasted frequent victories this primary season: Tuesday featured more stunning upsets, highlighted by Andrew Gillum’s late...
Progressive Breakfast
Progressive Andrew Gillum Wins Big In FL Upset Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum shocks Democratic rivals, wins nomination for governor. Miami Herald: "Democrat Andrew Gillum rode a surge of liberal support from young people and African Americans to a stunning primary...
LUCHA Fights To Win For David García And All Arizonans
Arizonans are standing up to say once and for all, ¡YA BASTA! It’s time we have the elected leaders we deserve, who will courageously fight for us at all levels of government. Tuesday’s primary victories are clear evidence that when we fight, we win. It’s been a long...
Progressive Breakfast
Voters Head To Polls In AZ, FL, OK Primary elections in AZ & FL, OK runoff. Vox: "Tuesday brings some of the most anticipated primary elections of 2018 when Arizona and Florida go to the polls. Voters will also finally decide who the Republican nominee for...
It’s Time To Fight Like Hell To End Our Overdose Crisis
Our country’s overdose crisis kills more people every day than gun violence, suicides, and traffic accidents. Even more shocking is that these lives could be saved – yet we fail to act. Our government’s failure to save lives, when it knows how, is the greatest...
Progressive Breakfast
Judge Issues Rebuke To Trump On Federal Workers Trump’s power to fire federal workers curtailed by judge. NYT: "A federal district judge in Washington struck down most of the key provisions of three executive orders that President Trump signed in late May that would...
Kavanaugh Threatens the Supreme Court's Legitimacy
Will no Senator put conscience and Constitution ahead of partisan efforts to ramrod the lifetime appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court?
Progressive Breakfast
Georgia GOP Tries To Curtail Black Voting Majority-black Georgia county fires consultant who wants to close two-thirds of its polling places. WaPo: "Officials in Randolph County, Ga., have fired the consultant whose proposal to close two-thirds of the polling places...
Why Do Corporate Boards So Overpay U.S. CEOs?
Corporate boards are asking us to blame sky-high CEO pay on the laws of supply and demand. The actual arithmetic tells a completely different story. So let's focus on the real problems -- and real solutions, like the notion of a maximum wage.
