Cynthia Hogan, one of the members of Biden’s vice-presidential search committee, was a top lobbyist for the computing giant.
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America’s Farmworkers—Now ‘Essential,’ but Denied the Just-Enacted Benefits
The undocumented workers who pick the nation’s food are excluded from the CARES Act.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
An Iowa-Style Voting Disaster in Los Angeles
A new voting system led to a debacle on Super Tuesday in the City of Angels. With similar machines in critical states like Georgia, election experts are raising alarm.
Posted inPolitics
A Tough Tuesday for Progressives Across the Ballot
In down-ballot races, long shots mostly crashed, though a few lived to fight again.
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Elizabeth Warren’s Final Fight
Her last speech before Super Tuesday told a story about feminist persistence. The path to persist in the presidential race, though, has narrowed.
Posted inPolitics
Bienvenido a California, Bernie
The Sanders campaign’s voter mobilization program is a lot like that of the California activists who’ve pushed their state to the left.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Progressives Take On District Attorney in L.A. County Election
Los Angeles is the latest city where criminal justice reformers are running against traditional law-and-order incumbents.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Billionaire Heiress and a Bernie-Backed Progressive Face Off in California Primary
Sara Jacobs, heiress to the Qualcomm fortune, is leading in the polls thanks in part to a super PAC funded entirely by her billionaire grandparents.
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Los Angeles County’s Seismic Voting Shift
California unveils some of the biggest election changes in its history on Super Tuesday. After the Iowa debacle, will voters in the country’s largest voting jurisdiction pay enough attention to the new way they must vote?
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Oakland Activists Beat Real Estate Mogul
Moms 4 Housing’s organizing victory highlighted the twin crises of homelessness and lack of affordable housing in many communities in America.