Elections
Chicago mayoral runoff: Choice between progress or racial division
March 1, 2023Lori Lightfoot defeated, Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson in a runoff on April 4.
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Republican state lawmakers across the country wage ‘horrifying’ war on trans people
February 28, 2023In one exchange, an Arkansas Republican lawmaker grilled a transgender advocate about what genitals she possessed.
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People’s World provides links that list progressive candidates in Feb. 28 police accountability board elections
February 8, 2023Voters to select 3-person councils in each of 22 police precincts in the city.
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Lula takes over in Brazil, vows to reverse Bolsonaro catastrophes and protect rainforest
January 3, 2023Communist Party leader Luciana Santos has been appointed Minister of Science and Technology.
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Dumping democracy: Republicans embrace ‘independent state legislatures’ theory to overturn votes
December 15, 2022Far-right state lawmakers say the Constitution gives them the right to stiff voters. Legal experts say that’s bogus.
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