Charles Booker Is Determined to Fight Voter Suppression in Kentucky Charles Booker Is Determined to Fight Voter Suppression in Kentucky
Polling places are cut from 3,700 to 200, sparking fears of long lines. But the insurgent candidate says his campaign is ready.
Jun 22, 2020 / John Nichols
Charles Booker Is the Democrat With the Best Chance of Beating Mitch McConnell Charles Booker Is the Democrat With the Best Chance of Beating Mitch McConnell
As a new poll points to the insurgent progressive’s strengths as a candidate, progressives say Democrats need to unite behind Booker.
Jun 19, 2020 / John Nichols
For ‘Police Accountability With Teeth,’ Citizens Demand Elected and Empowered Oversight Boards For ‘Police Accountability With Teeth,’ Citizens Demand Elected and Empowered Oversight Boards
Activists from Seattle to New York argue that elected boards and special prosecutors are vital to addressing police violence.
Jun 18, 2020 / John Nichols
7 Candidates You Should Know on New York and Kentucky’s Primary Ballots 7 Candidates You Should Know on New York and Kentucky’s Primary Ballots
From Jamaal Bowman in New York to Nima Kulkarni in Kentucky, voters have a robust class of progressive candidates on their June 23 ballots.
Jun 17, 2020 / Elie Mystal and John Nichols
The Fight to Remove Georgia’s Secretary of Voter Suppression Has Begun The Fight to Remove Georgia’s Secretary of Voter Suppression Has Begun
Election officials who make it hard to vote should be held to account. So Georgia activists are campaigning to recall their secretary of state.
Jun 16, 2020 / John Nichols
Charles Booker Is Changing the Thinking About Who Beats Mitch Charles Booker Is Changing the Thinking About Who Beats Mitch
The progressive US Senate candidate is securing big endorsements from those who are tired of “scripted, milquetoast politics.”
Jun 12, 2020 / John Nichols
Georgia Shows How Serious the Threat of Voter Suppression Will Be This November Georgia Shows How Serious the Threat of Voter Suppression Will Be This November
Time has almost run out.
Jun 10, 2020 / John Nichols
Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx
In his Democratic primary challenge to the House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, a New York educator outlines “a progressive foreign policy.”
Jun 9, 2020 / John Nichols
Shouldn’t Congressional Approval Be Required to Deploy Troops at Home Too? Shouldn’t Congressional Approval Be Required to Deploy Troops at Home Too?
Congressional Progressive Caucus leaders promise action after Trump threatens “to weaponize the US military against its own citizens.”
Jun 5, 2020 / John Nichols
Democratic Candidates Should Be Campaigning to End Toxic Policing Democratic Candidates Should Be Campaigning to End Toxic Policing
Kentucky US Senate candidate Charles Booker gets it right when he says, “If you are saying you are going to stand up for people, then do it.”
Jun 4, 2020 / John Nichols