by Leo Gerard | Nov 12, 2018 | Blog
The voter turnout last Tuesday was historic – the highest in half a century, nearly half of the eligible electorate participated, an amazing number for a midterm. The United States Election Project estimates turnout at 49.2 percent. How high would it have risen...
by Miles Mogulescu | Nov 11, 2018 | Blog
“[W]e here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” --Abraham Lincoln,...
by Brooke Adams | Nov 9, 2018 | Blog
Young people are transforming conservative strongholds in this country. Take Iowa, the Midwestern home of Chuck Grassley, the 27-year GOP Senate veteran who got Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to the Supreme Court, and Steve King, the 4th District Congressman who openly...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 8, 2018 | Blog
Those who speculated that the Democrats' prospects in the midterm elections would only happen if they won big in the Midwest were prescient. Indeed, it's hard to make the argument that any semblance of a Democratic Party "wave" would have been possible without key...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 7, 2018 | Blog
The 2018 election is blue wave with a harsh red undertow. First, the wave: Democrats took the House, moving towards flipping over 30 seats, took seven gubernatorial races and counting, and made significant gains in down-ballot races –winning over 330 state legislative...
by Xoai Pham | Nov 6, 2018 | Blog
In August, People’s Action held our first-ever Gender Justice Restorative Retreat. This initiative created a space for women and non-binary from all walks of life and all kinds of issue-based campaigns to be together, to celebrate one another, to heal, and to learn...
