The first Democratic trifecta in 40 years is ending with internal dissent, stalled legislation, and up to $10 billion in corporate subsidies.
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Abortion Dislocations
Seven states passed constitutional amendments protecting abortion this year, but the backlash from anti-abortion forces has only just begun.
Posted inEducation in America
A Win for Kentucky Public Schools
Kentucky voters soundly rejected sending taxpayer dollars to private schools, showing yet again that Kentuckians stand with public educators.
Posted inPolitics
Resistance 2.0
Both the circumstances and tactics will necessarily be different from the anti-Trump resistance of 2017, and there is little room for error.
Posted inPolitics
The Road Back for Wisconsin Democrats
Down-ballot candidates did well, and if they can get the state back on the path to a broader and more prosperous labor movement, the returns would be even greater.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Rep. Tom Kean Cashes In
The congressman owns a stake in a company that benefits from offshore wind legislation he co-sponsored as a New Jersey state senator.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Washington Tests Its Climate Ambitions
A ballot initiative funded by a millionaire transplant threatens the success of the state’s signature cap-and-invest program.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Red-State Abortion Tactics Push Into Deep-Blue Illinois
How pro-choice advocates in two cities moved to take on anti-abortion lawmakers
Posted inLaw and Justice
‘Men’s Rights and Nothing More, Women’s Rights and Nothing Less’
Saving America from the Comstock Act and other repressive remnants of the 19th-century past
Posted inWorking in America
Massachusetts Ballot Measure Criticized for Creating Gig Worker ‘Company Unions’
Uber and Lyft are not opposing Question 3, which would give some bargaining rights to drivers but keep them as independent contractors without full labor protections.