by Will Tanzman | Mar 23, 2020 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured
Photo credit: Lorianne DiSabato, Flickr / cc A core lesson from the Illinois primary is that it’s not enough for a candidate to have the right message if there is not sufficient organization on the ground. Tuesday was a rough night for the Left at the top of the...
by Steven Rosenfeld | Mar 17, 2020 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured
Washoe, NV Democratic County Convention, 2016. Photo credit: Trevor Bexon / flickr / cc Top Democratic Party officials are scrambling to figure out how to handle voting by crowds at their next big event of the 2020 presidential season: the county conventions where...
by Adrienne Evans | Mar 10, 2020 | Blog, Democracy, Economy, Election, Featured
United Action for Idaho, part of the People's Action national network of grassroots groups, endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for President ahead of Idaho’s Democratic primary vote on Tuesday, March 10. Bernie Sanders has demonstrated a lifetime commitment to the working...
by Joy Blackwood | Mar 6, 2020 | Blog, Democracy, Featured, Letter From DC, Policy
Photo credit: Dhilung Kirat / flickr / cc It’s March in Washington, D.C., which means the cherry blossoms will bloom any day now. Our nation’s capital would be teeming with visitors and excitement under normal circumstances. The mood here, however, is subdued. In...
by Andrew Tripp | Mar 3, 2020 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured, Future of Work
Photo credit: Max Goldberg / Wikimedia Commons / cc One late summer evening in 2000, my home phone rang in Moretown, Vermont. “Can you please hold for Congressman Sanders?” the voice on the line asked. At the time, I had been doing what union organizers do when...
by Steven Rosenfeld | Feb 28, 2020 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured
Photo credit: AFGE / flickr / cc Wisconsin has become early 2020’s Exhibit A for political fights surrounding the updating of statewide voter lists, where escalating court battles over conflicting law, procedures and underlying data could lead to removing thousands of...
