From pro- (and anti-) worker ballot measures to state legislature races to unions’ swing-state GOTV, there’s a lot for the labor movement to keep an eye on.
Election 2016
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On Election Day, a Stark Choice When It Comes to Policy
Policy issues have drawn remarkably little notice in this sensation-driven election, but the two candidates’ platforms are as starkly divergent as they have been in a generation.
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The $50 Million Potential of the ‘First True Silicon Valley Candidate’
How a high-tech darling tried, and failed, to get the Clinton campaign to take sides in an intra-Democratic Party race.
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‘Rigged Election’ Claims Degrade Democracy. But ‘Rigged System’ Charges Enhance It.
Both Democrats and Republicans have charged that our economic system is “rigged” to benefit the wealthy, but only the GOP has advanced the destructive and conspiracist claim that the election itself is “rigged.”
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What If Election Day Were a Holiday, and Everyone Was Registered?
After this dark campaign, there are several lessons that America could learn from Israel about how to run an election. Really.
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The Media Rapture of Donald Trump
He marketed himself. They spread the word. Both made out like bandits.
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Obama’s Plan to Destroy America Has Failed Miserably
Can’t this guy do anything right?
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Trump’s Awful Behavior Drives Away Women, But So Does His Anti-Woman Platform
The Republican Party will never solve its woman problem until its leaders abandon candidates and policies that seek to rob women of their basic right to make their own child-bearing decisions.
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Holding Fast to Dreams: Undocumented Youth Want True Immigration Reform
Dreamers want advancement beyond DACA and DAPA.
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Does Clinton’s Campaign Lack the Human Touch in Black Communities?
The absence of an early, focused voter mobilization campaign may be taking a toll.