Kentucky

Kentucky People’s Campaign organizing to oust Republican Rand Paul in 2022

May 12, 2021 By Berry Craig

The midterm elections are more than 17 months away but the Kentucky People's Campaign is already targeting the Bluegrass State's junior senator.

With rural whites massively outnumbering Black voters, Kentucky Republicans make voting easier

March 26, 2021 By Berry Craig

Kentucky is less than 9% African American, so unlike in Georgia, Republican legislators here saw no need to curb minority voting.

Mitch McConnell’s No. 1 priority is Mitch McConnell

March 19, 2021 By Berry Craig

Gandhi put “politics without principles” on his list of “seven social sins.” McConnell has been guilty of it since he first ran for Senate in 1984.

Trump and GOP sustain major losses in elections this week

November 6, 2019 By John Wojcik

Voters in Kentucky and Virginia send the president a message: Your coat tails are very short.

Unpaid Harlan County miners sitting in and blocking coal trains

August 2, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

Never piss off a coal miner, especially if you haven’t paid him for weeks – and then try to ship the last load of coal he dug out of the mountains out of town.