John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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Opinion
Reproductive rights voter wave swamps MAGA trickle
December 1, 2022The GOP is captive to the MAGA fascist movement and the right wing of the evangelical and Catholic Churches and cannot break with them.
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Labor
Ohio Democrat Ryan in high stakes battle with venture capitalist Vance
November 4, 2022Energized union members in Cleveland cheer his prediction of victory in the down-to-the-wire push to save democracy.
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Politics
The national fight to save democracy reflected in local Ohio races
November 1, 2022Leronda Jackson’s quest for the position of state representative from Dayton, Ohio reflects determination nationally to wrest state bodies from GOP control.
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Opinion
Republicans blame Biden for inflation, but their economic record is the real disaster
October 19, 2022Polls show voters think Republicans are better on the economy. This mistaken view is nothing new.
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Culture
No art without art workers: Philly museum strike carries on
October 13, 2022180 Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) curators, educators, archivists, and other art workers aren’t feeling the love from one of the nation’s oldest and most venerable art institutions.
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Politics
Republicans crank up their hypocrisy and lie machines in Georgia
October 7, 2022They stick by flawed candidate Herschel Walker because, without that state, they see no path to taking over the U.S. Senate.
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Culture
New book, ‘Power Concedes Nothing,’ collects insights from on-the-ground electoral organizers
October 5, 2022Every page contains a treasure of lessons from those on the front lines in the work of grassroots voter mobilization, political infrastructure development, and coalition building in some of the most critical battleground states.
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Politics
House passes law to prevent MAGA power grabs in presidential elections
September 27, 2022All Democrats supported the bill, all but nine Republicans opposed it.
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