Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to kick the successful progressive Working Families Party off the ballot in New York.
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Election Reforms: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Today on TAP: The virtues of ranked-choice voting
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How New York City’s Democratic Socialists Swept the Competition
All five of DSA’s New York legislative slate won in June. Here’s a closer look at how it happened.
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Progressive Challenger in Ohio Earns Working Families Party Endorsement
The endorsement has the potential to help put Morgan Harper over the finish line in the March 17 Ohio congressional primary.
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The New Uprising on a Country Road
Stephen Smith has brought an organizer’s mentality to his campaign for governor of West Virginia. He’s not just trying to win an election, but build a movement.
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Another Win for Warren
The Working Families Party has endorsed Elizabeth Warren for the Democratic nomination and for president. This is something of a stunner, since the WFP endorsed Bernie Sanders last time. The endorsement was made via a poll of the membership and leadership, in which Warren received 61 percent to Sanders’s 36 percent. It came several days after Warren […]
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A Tale of Two Labor Movements
In California last week, the AFL-CIO endorsed Kevin de León over Dianne Feinstein. In New York, progressive unions fled their own Working Families Party at Andrew Cuomo’s command.
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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.