The union behind the Fight for 15 is running a massive political program to elect Clinton and a Democratic Senate.
Election 2016
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Why Clinton Doesn’t Need a “Mandate”
If Clinton wins, Republicans will say she doesn’t have one. But “mandates” are baloney.
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Election Protection: Keeping Calm and Carrying On
As Trump encourages intimidation at the polls, a nationwide coalition of voting rights advocates aims to fight back.
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Latino Immigrants Are Changing the Politics of … Nebraska!
Organizing in Omaha and small towns with meatpacking plants is altering politics in this reddest of states.
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Rationalizing Trump
Coulter threads her way between the Koch brothers, alt-right, and Paul Ryan.
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Trump No Longer Really Running for President
The Donald’s real political goal is to make it impossible for Hillary Clinton to govern.
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Trump’s Refusal to Accept Election’s Legitimacy Is No Surprise
Stealing the election? Hell, what really irks Republicans is that they think Democrats have stolen their country.
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Is 2016 Another “Year of the Woman?”
Twenty-five years after Anita Hill’s allegations against Clarence Thomas transfixed the nation, another sexual assault controversy is driving cash and volunteers to women’s political groups.
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Prepare to Be Triggered: Sexual Assault Survivors Gird Themselves for Debate
It’s been a rough few weeks for those who bear the psychic scars of sexual transgression, and the final presidential debate won’t be easy to watch, either.
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Equality Becomes a Talking Point in North Carolina Gubernatorial Race
With the state’s demographics and political makeup shifting, backlash against anti-LGBT law may help send Democrat Roy Cooper to the governor’s office.