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Amidst voter repression, progressive candidates gain in Texas primary
March 3, 2022Although progressives gained they did not get everything they had hoped for.
Read moreRep. Jayapal outlines pro-worker legislation as part of progressive platform
February 12, 2019WASHINGTON—Pro-worker legislation, including equal pay for equal work and an updated stronger version of the Employee Free Choice Act, are part of the progressive platform lawmakers will try to push through the Democratic-run House in the...
Read moreVirginia legislature wages battle for Medicaid expansion
March 9, 2018In some Republican-held districts, poor working class people, including whites who voted for Trump in 2016, are in severe trouble over the issue of health care costs. So supporters of Medicaid expansion have seen a chance...
Read moreIllinois’ Luis Gutierrez moves on from Congress, but not from struggle
December 4, 2017Gutierrez promised to continue organizing to defeat Trump and the GOP congressional majority.
Read moreVirginia primary elections: a mixed result for workers
June 19, 2017Perriello carried his home territory in southeastern Virginia plus a middle portion of Virginia... That wasn’t enough to stop Northam who carried voter rich areas in northern Virginia.
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