Elections – Page 284 – People's World

Obama’s State of the Union: combative and centrist

January 31, 2012 By PW Editorial Board

Judging by polls after the speech that showed higher approval ratings, he hit his mark.

Progressive SuperPAC targets Tea Party Republicans

January 31, 2012 By Blake Skylar

The SuperPAC, a form of political committee that has served the political interests of the wealthy, is being turned on its head by the CREDO SuperPAC.

NAACP’s Jealous keynotes National Lesbian and Gay Rights Task Force convention

January 30, 2012 By Cindy Farquhar

Over 3,000 mostly young activists representing a rainbow of sexual orientation and ethnicities crowded into the Baltimore Hilton Hotel January 26-29 to learn ways to win LGBT rights.

Mitt Romney running a seminar on inequality

January 27, 2012 By Sam Pizzigati

Should we all start praying for Mitt Romney? The GOP presidential hopeful from Bain Capital has become a walking, talking object lesson on how our plutocracy works - and why we desperately need to end it.

Unions blast flood of corporate campaign cash

January 26, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

With the U.S. political system inundated by a flood of unchecked, uncontrollable corporate campaign cash funneled through unaccountable political campaign finance committees, unions blasted the tide of contributions.