Author: Aída Chávez
What a Republican Majority in Congress Could Mean for Labor
In less than a week, voters will decide which party controls Congress for the last half of President Joe Biden’s term. There’s an expectation among…
November 7, 2022
Candidate in Key House Race Outsourced Pennsylvania Jobs to China
Pennsylvania Rep. Susan Wild is going after her Republican challenger Lisa Scheller, the CEO of Silberline Manufacturing, for slashing her U.S. workforce and shipping those…
October 20, 2022
This Union’s Ground Game Could Help Save Democrats
Nene Diallo, an airline catering worker and Unite Here member in Philadelphia, first became involved with her union’s political program in 2020. Her husband was…
October 17, 2022
Maine’s Biggest City Will Vote on an Ambitious Economic Agenda in November
This November, Portland, Maine will get the chance to vote on an ambitious economic agenda, including ballot initiatives that would raise the minimum wage, eliminate…
September 28, 2022
Texas AG Ken Paxton Takes Campaign Cash From Power Companies Responsible for Grid Failure
Rochelle Garza, the Democratic nominee for Texas Attorney General, is pledging to investigate the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the state’s faulty grid…
September 26, 2022
Pennsylvania Race Between Pro-Labor Voting Rights Attorney and Software Executive Will Be Crucial in Battle for House Majority
Pennsylvania will be crucial to Democrats’ chances of maintaining control of Congress in November. John Fetterman, the large, tattooed populist running against Trump-backed celebrity TV…
September 19, 2022
Rhode Island’s Corporate, Anti-Choice Democrats Are Facing Challenges From the Left
For decades, Rhode Island politics have been dominated by a particularly corrupt and conservative state Democratic Party. The left has been chipping away at the…
September 9, 2022
Kentucky Democrat Kate Turner Is Taking on a Republican Incumbent Who Helped Protect Right-to-Work Laws
Down-ballot races have taken on new prominence after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, making state legislatures increasingly crucial to the fight for…
August 29, 2022
A Measure to Crack Down on Predatory Medical Debt Collection Is on the Verge of Making the Ballot in Arizona
Liz Gorski was a 15-year-old in Prescott, Arizona, when she was in a car accident that changed her life, and trapped her in a cycle…
July 27, 2022
Democratic Leaders Helped a Blackface-Wearing Conservative Run Against a Progressive Black Woman in Rhode Island
Jennifer Rourke, a candidate for Rhode Island State Senate, was violently attacked by her Republican opponent last month after giving a speech at an abortion…
July 26, 2022
The Former Uber Driver Taking on the ‘Joe Manchin of New York’
David Alexis, a labor organizer and former Uber driver, is running for New York State Senate in East Flatbush in hopes of unseating longtime incumbent…
July 22, 2022