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A new roadmap for getting change done
The victories of young, fresh insurgents get the most attention, but equally important is the beginning of reform within DNC.
Meet Crystal Mason, the black Texas mother facing 5+ years in...
Crystal Mason cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election despite having a past felony conviction for tax fraud that prevented her from voting.
US cities issue IDs to protect undocumented immigrants
A growing number of communities have implemented municipal identification programs, and not just in politically progressive areas.
What’s at stake when we vote this year
Now, we have a choice: we can continue to talk at each other, or we can invest in one another, and do the deep listening that is required to win real improvements in people’s lives.
After an ‘educator spring,’ teachers storm elections
“Angry educators are flooding down-ballot races.”
What must we do now?
First and most importantly, do not give up. That’s what they want us to do. Then they’d have no opposition at all.
A socialist woman of color just turned the entire Democratic Party...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s shocking upset is the surest sign yet that the Democratic Party’s future lies in its left flank – and in challenging capitalism head-on.
What do those people want?
Progress! Meaning a national commitment to advance the economic, political and social circumstances of the American majority of workday families and poor people.
Despite prosecutor’s attempts to stop her, Georgia woman keeps registering voters
Jim Crow endures in Georgia as voter suppression efforts persist across the state. But get-out-the-vote activists are undaunted.
9 ways you can use the midterm elections to build local...
We can build long-term power in our communities and help elect our favorite candidates if we work strategically, inclusively – and independently.
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Report counts 902 pregnancy-related prosecutions in three years after Dobbs
Pregnancy Justice found that most cases involved child neglect or endangerment charges and that substance use was alleged in 871 of them.
CMS rescinds nursing home voting guidance and issues new memo on coercion
The July 20 memo replaced 2020 and 2024 guidance. Senators asked the agency in August to reinstate the earlier versions.
Education Department drops appeal of ruling that struck down loan forgiveness employer rule
The rule would have let the education secretary disqualify nonprofit and government employers from Public Service Loan Forgiveness. A federal court vacated it on June 30.
Trump Dangles Rural Health Dollars To Push States To Change Hospital Laws
The Trump administration has tied billions in rural health funding for states partly to the policy commitments they make, including ending their certificate of need, or CON, laws governing the construction of new hospitals.
Fish and Wildlife Service finalizes five-year Arctic oil rule covering polar bear and walrus...
The industry's own estimate counts 123 polar bear harassments and no deaths over the period, while the agency's rule lists how deaths could still occur.