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Class Warfare: Mayoral Candidate Cory Briggs Talks Donor Class vs. Voter Class
San Diego, Calif.- If the media wanted a dash of spice for the 2020 San Diego Mayoral race, enter Cory Briggs.A consistent critic of City Hall who has had success suing the city, Briggs has announced ...
Teaching Our Grinches the True Meaning of Democracy
Abuse of power stopped by citizens, that’s a good sign of the health of our democracy, and it happened in New Jersey this past weekend when state legislative leaders were forced off a plan to permanen...
Lawsuit Filed to End Taxpayer-Funding of Closed Primary Elections
SANTA FE, N.M. - The Open Primaries Education Fund filed a lawsuit Wednesday against New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, challenging the public funding of the state's closed pri...
OPINION: The Midterm Results Are a Serious Wake Up Call for Progressives
Since 2016, energized progressives have sought to break the cycle that has seen power swing between establishment politicians in the Democratic and Republican parties for decades. After disappointing ...
50 Major Ways The Democratic Party Has Sold Out Its Own Values
Many political commentators today are perplexed by what seems to be the increasing polarization of the two party system in America, and the rising tensions that have accompanied a rhetorical arms race...
Could A High-Speed “Rail to Nowhere” Save California's Poorest Neighborhoods?
FRESNO, CALIF. -The plan: cover one of the most destitute tracts of California’s poorest major city with a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course and watch dust turn to dollars.But soon, funding for the p...
Unrigging The System: How Voters Can Reclaim Their Power This November
Political reformers across America are paying close attention to key elections on November 6. But their focus is not on candidates or political parties. It’s about how Americans vote on ballot measure...
Power to the People: 9 Wins (And Counting) in 2018 to Unrig the System
In the current political environment, the perception is that there is much that divides Americans. Yet there is one important thing that unites most people across the political spectrum: the idea that...
Caltrans Vendor Accused Of Distributing Anti-Gas Tax Repeal Flyers
San Diego, CA.-Drawing parallels to the New Jersey Bridgegate scandal, supporters of the "Yes on 6" effort to repeal the Gas Tax Measure in California, have sent letters to to three agencies urging th...
Trump-Paul Alliance Strengthens
President Donald Trump and Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) played another round of golf this Sunday in New Jersey before Paul was seen boarding Air Force One with the president for a flight back to Washingt...