Politics
Maxine Waters and Nury Martinez on electing women and winning the midterms
August 30, 2018"What we have to do is organize—county by county and state by state, talking to the majority of people who don’t believe in the rhetoric that’s coming out of the White House.”
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California governor signs bail reform; gun control measures advance
August 30, 2018When Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 10, the California Bail Reform Act, on Aug. 28, the state took a step no other state has yet taken.
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Progressive Andrew Gillum the victor in Florida Dem gov primary
August 29, 2018He becomes the third African American the Democrats will field for governorships this fall.
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Focus on race and class at L.A.’s Left Coast Forum
August 28, 2018As one might expect, this second year of this city’s Left Coast Forum (LCF) kept coming around to the themes of race and class.
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Even Nixon funded jobs programs, why can’t we do it today?
August 28, 2018Pundits are optimistic that struggling young people will be able to get jobs. What’s less clear is whether those jobs will pay living wages.
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