Tag: elections
Time to overcome election fears and organize for our political future
“If your politicians are not serving you, get rid of them. And if you don’t have anyone to vote for, run.”
The rise of shadow parties
A Brennan Center analysis shows both Republicans and Democrats have found a new way to set up super PACs and rake in dark money, further weakening our campaign finance system.
New green strategy: Change the electorate, not the election
It turns out that many people who care about the environment never vote. One organization is working to change that.
Why do we even have voting machines?
Americans, who have grown jaded about machine voting, and distrustful about its integrity at the same time, should be demanding a return to paper ballots.
As epic losses mount, Trump’s one ‘win’ spurs the ultimate boomerang
The good news/bad news is that Trump is no better at criminality (or hiding secrets or deflecting retribution) than he is at being a mock, TV-celebrity president.
Citizenship through the eyes of those who have lost the right...
At least 6 million U.S. citizens cannot vote in the United States because they have been convicted of a felony.
Who’s buying our elections? Inside the shadowy world of ‘Dark Money’
Salon talks to director Kimberly Reed about her new documentary.
After an ‘educator spring,’ teachers storm elections
“Angry educators are flooding down-ballot races.”
Mexico’s election was a victory for democracy itself
The hunger for change manifested at the polls provides a vital impetus for the government as it begins to overcome Mexico’s vested interests and democratic deficits.
‘Progressive’ Democrats need to reconnect with the American people; regain their...
Progressive Democrats must make the restoration of this government to one “Of the people, by the people and for the people” their main objective.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.