Today on TAP: A primary election fiasco
Georgia
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‘My Name Is Nabilah Islam. It’s an American Name.’
Islam, the child of Bangladeshi immigrants, is running as an outspoken progressive in an open swing seat for Congress in Georgia.
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Southern Republicans Reopen Business—and Exploitation
Today on TAP: The Deep South cares about businesses but not their workers
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Georgia Senate Race Could Feature Shareholder Capitalism vs. Stakeholder Capitalism
How Senate candidate Sarah Riggs Amico, running against ex-CEO David Perdue in Georgia, sacrificed her family business investment to save jobs and pensions.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Georgia Anti-Abortion Supporters Used Misleading Tactics to Promote Early-Abortion Bans
Their appeals to state lawmakers were based on inaccurate medical claims and questionable constitutional arguments, opening a new front in the war on abortion rights.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Abortion Doesn’t Have to Be Illegal to Be Out of Reach
Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, and several other states are trying to create insurmountable obstacles for women seeking abortions.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Democrats Can and Should Expand the Map to Georgia and Arizona in 2020
While still putting the Midwest first
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A New South Rising: This Time for Real
The midterms made clear that progressive candidates can retake the region with young and minority voters.
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Read It and Weep: Georgia Lawsuit Paints Stark Portrait of Voter Suppression
Republicans have scoffed at allegations of voting rights violations in Georgia, but a lawsuit filed by Stacey Abrams allies catalogues disenfranchisement in grim detail.
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Stacey Abrams Could Be Dems’ Best Hope for Winning in 2020
Amid death threats and election chaos, Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee came close enough to winning that Republicans are getting twitchy.