Tag: Democrats
The next big fight
Hands off Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security — expand and improve these programs — don’t cut them.
DNC chair Tom Perez, the Democratic Party’s grim metaphor
Sometimes a party’s leader seems to symbolize an enduring malaise.
Major victory for Pennsylvania: Supreme Court rules state’s gerrymandered congressional map...
It is time for voters to choose politicians rather than politician choosing voters.
When will Democrats start #resisting GOP voter suppression?
If party leaders don’t understand what they need to do to win elections, maybe it’s time to choose some new party leaders.
The tax bill is a lifeline for Democrats. Will they sink...
For Democrats to win in 2018 and 2020, they’ll need to do more than tie this bill around the Republicans’ ankles and hope they sink.
Establishment Democrats lack the will to fight the GOP tax plan....
To fend off the Republicans’ one-sided class war, we must break the corporate hold on the Democratic Party.
Yes, a government shutdown might be the best strategy
Democrats cannot back down from funding children’s health and protecting Dreamers. These issues are moral priorities.
7 ways Democrats misread the election results
Here are seven important lessons from the November 7 results that a lot of Democrats seem to have missed.
2017 Elections mark the dawn of change
Tuesday’s wins point a path towards even greater gains in midterm elections next year, which can deal a death blow to Trump’s heartless agenda.
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Family sues fossil fuel giants for wrongful death in first climate disaster case of...
In a legal first, a Washington state woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against some of the world’s largest fossil fuel...
Is Trump’s axis of the plutocrats marginalizing Israel?
President Trump managed to realign U.S. Middle Eastern policy to center on—and yes, it should be capitalized!—an Axis of the Plutocrats, Gulf sheikhs who are using their galactic fortunes to reshape the region.
This campaign against deportation flights shows how to target companies enabling Trump
A multiracial crowd of all ages carrying witty signs and chanting: Their target was the commercial airline Avelo, which has proposed operating as an ICE subcontractor to carry out deportation flights.
22 young Americans sue Trump administration to block executive orders pushing fossil fuels over...
In Lighthiser v. Trump, the youth plaintiffs say the administration’s actions violate their constitutional rights to life, health and safety and breach congressional mandates to safeguard public health and ecosystems.
Elon Musk leaves Trump administration after gutting government services and dodging oversight
Musk’s chaotic 130-day tenure ends with lasting damage to federal agencies, threats to global aid, and deep conflicts of interest that watchdogs say will haunt public institutions for years.