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Malcolm Suber: Good for New Orleans (City and County Level Campaigns and Elections, Cities, Politics)

A longtime activist, running in a special City Council election, is just what New Orleans needs.

Adolph Reed Jr.
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Affordable Housing for Seniors in the Cross Hairs in Chicago
Laura Flanders

Property baron Sam Zell has made millions by cutting services and raising rent on retirees like those who came to his Chicago shareholder meeting.

May 15, 2012
Building a Progressive Counterforce to ALEC
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Our democracy needs progressive leaders who govern in a way that makes people’s lives better. 

April 11, 2012
Wisconsin County's Election-Count Meltdown Raises Concerns For Recall
John Nichols

Wisconsin's largest newspaper calls for a top election official to step down after the latest vote-counting mess in state's third-largest county.

April 5, 2012
Labor Rights, Abortion Rights, Immigrant Rights, Voting Rights Prevail
John Nichols

In a rebuff to GOP extremism, voters reject Mississippi’s personhood amendment and Ohio’s attack on labor rights. 

November 9, 2011
Block the Vote: Ohio GOP Bars Early Voting to Suppress Pro-Labor Turnout
John Nichols

A Republican Secretary of State, an ALEC ally, shuts down early voting prior to Tuesday's critical referendum on labor rights.

November 6, 2011
Occupy the Ballot: Colorado Voters Reject Corporate Power
John Nichols

 Boulder voters reject corporate personhood, and move to replace private power with a public utility.

November 4, 2011
Occupy the Ballot: Colorado Voters Reject Corporate Power
John Nichols

Boulder votes against corporate personhood, and then they vote to replace their private power supplier with a municipal utility.

 

November 2, 2011
Why is George Bush Wading Into Denver's Education Debate on the Eve of Critical School Board Elections?
John Nichols

What's the “No Child Left Behind” president doing in Denver barely a week before a critical school board election? Helping the fake “reformers” make their case.

October 24, 2011
Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn't Evict OWS
John Nichols

There's speculation that the mayor will try to clear Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street movement is centered. Here's how New York’s labor and economic justice party proposes to assure that doesn’t happen.

October 13, 2011
Rahm Redux: Top Banker for Obama Chief of Staff
The Notion

Bill Daley's appointment for White House chief of staff is another indication of Wall Street's sway over the Obama Administration.

January 5, 2011