Across the nation, voters passed measures against fracking and abortion restrictions, and for the minimum wage, paid sick leave, public safety and gun reform.Â
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Minimum Wage Measures Pass Easily in Four Red States
In the 2014 midterms, the Democrats’ economic agenda fared better than Democrats.
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The Democrats’ Catastrophe and the Need For a New Agenda
The party’s failure isn’t just the result of Republican negativity.
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Meet the Working Families Party, Whose Ballot Line is in Play in New York
The WFP has amassed the power to turn progressive ideas into law. But a controversial attempt to work a deal with incumbent New York Governor Cuomo has put its ballot line at stake.
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Can Green Party Candidate Howie Hawkins Make Cuomo Oppose Fracking?
He’s certainly made it an issue. But progressives are divided on whether his gubernatorial bid could harm the Working Families Party.
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GOP’s Neo-Confederate Theocrat Wins Council Seat in One of Richest U.S. Counties
Voters were looking for something new when they elected Michael Peroutka to run as a Republican for a seat on Maryland’s Anne Arundel County Council. What they got was something very old—like ante bellum kind of old.
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Labor at a Crossroads: The Seeds of a New Movement
SEIU’s David Rolf—virtuoso organizer and mastermind of Seattle’s $15 minimum wage campaign—says labor needs radically new ways to champion worker interests.Â
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Wisconsin Referendums Designed to Rebuke Walker Will Appear on Election Day Ballots
While these ballot measures—calling for an increase in the minimum wage and for the state to accept federal funding to expand its Medicaid program—are non-binding, organizers hope that the results will reveal a clear preference of the electorate for both.
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Can Robots Offer Amazon Moral Redemption?
Those warehouse jobs may be awful, but they’re going to disappear before long.
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More Trade Agreements Won’t Fix the Mess Made by Austerity
Even T-TIP’s supporters know it will have little more than a trivial effect on growth.
