by Jessica Juarez Scruggs | Sep 27, 2018 | Blog
“It was years ago - can’t she just let it go? Let the man be!” That’s what a West Virginian shouted to me before he slammed his phone down. I was an hour into a phone bank, calling voters in the state, asking them to contact Senator Joe Manchin and tell him to vote NO...
by Leo Gerard | Sep 26, 2018 | Blog
Democracy is tough for one-percenters. They’ve got all that money but, hypothetically, no more voting power than their chauffeur or yacht captain or nanny. In this one-person, one-vote democracy, though, they’ve got a plan to fix all that for themselves. They’re...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 25, 2018 | Blog
Long-time Republican Party political strategists are having fits. If only we could get average Americans to focus in on the economy instead of The Donald, they’re telling all comers, the GOP would do just fine in the upcoming November midterm elections. Those...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 24, 2018 | Blog
The Democratic party has vowed to brand Republicans as the party of corruption in political campaigns for the upcoming midterm elections in November. Given the slew of scandal-ridden people that surround President Trump and the alleged crimes committed by...
by Miles Mogulescu | Sep 21, 2018 | Blog
The biggest reason Republicans are frantically trying to rush Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation through, despite credible charges of sexual harassment and perjury, is that his confirmation would complete a slow-moving coup by their oligarchic donor class to...
by Laurel Wales | Sep 20, 2018 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Leigh Friedman, Politics
Laurel Wales, People’s Action Deputy Director of Movement Politics, sat down with Our Future's Leigh Friedman to talk about the outlook for grassroots candidates in November's general election and beyond. This is part two of a two-part interview. OF: As all eyes turn...
