In Maryland, clean-government groups want to create the post of public advocate to advance voters’ causes and call out government sleaze.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Major U.S. Companies Slam Voter Suppression Laws, Then Donate to Their Sponsors
The companies’ donations appear to contradict their public statements in support of voting rights.
Posted inWorking in America
How Farmworkers Are Organizing to Close the Wage Gap
Agricultural workers in New York just formed the state’s first farmworker union, but a new law guaranteeing overtime protections and organizing rights has been delayed.
Posted inTAP
How California Got So Blue
Today on TAP: Liberals owe thanks to two notable progressives who are stepping down from their posts.
Posted inPolitics
The Critical Power of State Legislatures
A Q&A with David Toscano, the former Democratic leader of the Virginia House of Delegates, on nullification, federalism, voting rights, Glenn Youngkin, and more
Posted inWorking in America
Ron Kim Targets a New York Progressive Heavyweight in Allegations of Wage Theft
Kim accuses the Chinese-American Planning Council of rampant wage theft—and, in coordination with 1199SEIU, of blocking workers’ access to the courts.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
New York Democrats Try Again to End Some Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The state spends $1.6 billion a year subsidizing oil and gas. Lawmakers are trying to eliminate about one-fifth of that spending.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Abortion Will Not Be Sent Back to the States
Republican jurists invoke democracy in preparing to overturn Roe v. Wade, but democracy functionally doesn’t exist in much of the country.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Challenging Georgia on Latino Voting Rights
The Voting Rights Act’s language minority provisions remain in force, but that doesn’t mean Latino voters receive the Spanish-language materials they need.
Posted inPolitics
It’s Time to Recall the Recalls in California
Democrats shouldn’t walk away from Gavin Newsom’s survival without changing the undemocratic structure of direct democracy in the state.