Elections

Striking Verizon workers

40,000 Verizon Workers Launch One of the Biggest Strikes of the Decade 40,000 Verizon Workers Launch One of the Biggest Strikes of the Decade

Can the strike at Verizon help kickstart the American labor movement?

Apr 15, 2016 / Cole Stangler

Latino Voters in Texas

Latinos and the New Battle for Texas Latinos and the New Battle for Texas

Tejanos will change the state’s politics. But that remake won’t be as simple as either Republicans or Democrats assume.

Apr 15, 2016 / Roberto Lovato

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Need Better Answers on the 1994 Crime Bill Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Need Better Answers on the 1994 Crime Bill

At last night’s debate, Clinton offered a grudging apology for “unintended” outcomes. Sanders wasn’t pressed on his vote for it—and he should be.

Apr 15, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Clinton and Sanders Sue Arizona Over 5-Hour Lines in the March Primary

Clinton and Sanders Sue Arizona Over 5-Hour Lines in the March Primary Clinton and Sanders Sue Arizona Over 5-Hour Lines in the March Primary

Arizona’s election problems showed the disastrous consequences of gutting the Voting Rights Act.

Apr 15, 2016 / Ari Berman

Sanders Clinton CNN debate

The Debate in Brooklyn Was Sanders’s Best Yet. But Was It Enough? The Debate in Brooklyn Was Sanders’s Best Yet. But Was It Enough?

As always, Clinton was far more attentive to local concerns, and that matters.

Apr 15, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Why Thousands of Nurses Are Feeling the Bern

Why Thousands of Nurses Are Feeling the Bern Why Thousands of Nurses Are Feeling the Bern

For nurses, everything begins with a basic dedication to their patients, which is why so many of them are supporting Bernie Sanders for president.

Apr 14, 2016 / RoseAnn DeMoro

Sanders with CWA workers in Brooklyn

Bernie Sanders Embraces Union Struggles and Welcomes the Contempt of CEOs Bernie Sanders Embraces Union Struggles and Welcomes the Contempt of CEOs

Campaigning in New York, the senator from Vermont rallies with transport workers, pickets with striking phone workers, and tangles with corporate bosses.

Apr 14, 2016 / John Nichols

The Conspiracy Theory That the Clinton Campaign Stole Votes Makes No Sense

The Conspiracy Theory That the Clinton Campaign Stole Votes Makes No Sense The Conspiracy Theory That the Clinton Campaign Stole Votes Makes No Sense

Why would any campaign, no matter how unprincipled, fix a race that it’s been winning from the start?

Apr 14, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Black Voters in Ferguson

America’s Changing Racial Makeup Won’t Magically Save the Democratic Party America’s Changing Racial Makeup Won’t Magically Save the Democratic Party

Read Steve Phillips’s new book for the smart analysis of electoral strategy, not for his breakdown of race in the 21st century.

Apr 14, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Voters stand in line

We Need to Build a Voting-Rights Movement We Need to Build a Voting-Rights Movement

The time has come to translate widespread outrage about voter suppression into momentum for an actionable voting-rights agenda.

Apr 14, 2016 / Rep. John Conyers and Barbara Arnwine

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