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Hope for Progressive Victories May Lie in Races You Haven’t Heard About Yet
Some of the most progressive policy making this year may come via ballot measure.
Abortion Bans Are a Direct Threat to Economic Security
Abortion and the economy are inextricably linked. Why are so few Democratic candidates making the connection?
Poll Shows a Dead Heat Between Democrats, GOP in 2022 Midterms
The Economist/YouGov poll also shows that nearly two-thirds of voters believe U.S. democracy is under threat.
Democratic Party Leaders Are Shunning Some Progressives in Tight Midterm Races
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has only given $179 to Texas congressional candidate Michelle Vallejo.
Time Is Running Out for Dems to Combat GOP Threat to Social Security, Medicare
House Democrats urge Pelosi and Schumer to permanently undo the threat posed by the debt limit.
Sanders’s Midterm Advice to Democrats: Have the “Guts” to Lead on the Economy
It is key for Democrats to make it clear where they stand on issues like unions and minimum wage, he said.
GOP Plans to Gut Social Security and Medicare If It Retakes Control of Congress
House Democrats slammed Republicans’ ploy to use looming debt ceiling fight as leverage to secure cuts to the programs.
Top Senate Democrat Vows to Block All Future Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
Bob Menendez is Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and has veto power over foreign arms sales.
Sanders to Democrats: If You Support Progressive Policies, “You Win Elections”
“If Democrats are going to do well in 2022, in my view, they’ve got to stand up very firmly for working families.”
Democrats’ Failure to Embrace the Progressive Grassroots Could Spell Their Doom
As the right wing works to dismantle democracy in the U.S., grassroots organizing offers the only plausible resistance.