Congress
Remembering Shirley Chisholm
November 30, 2016According to Chisholm: “You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.”
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India-born Pramila Jayapal, a fighting progressive, wins Washington State primary
August 11, 2016As a Washington state senator, Jayapal championed protections for immigrants and minorities and voting rights for all, and for a raise in the state minimum wage.
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Communist Party of France plans to build broad left coalition
June 9, 2016French communists pledged that they will have half a million conversations with French voters this fall.
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Two of Virginia’s Congressional districts get re-drawn over GOP objections
May 31, 2016Judges re-drew Southern Va.'s 3rd and 4th Congressional districts; GOP lawmakers had concentrated the region's African-American voters into a single district.
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Wall Street split between Clinton and Trump, but most back Clinton
May 10, 2016One point of view is that some on Wall Street back Hillary Clinton because they fear Trump's "unpredictability" and the effect it could have on financial markets.
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