Many industries have a vast financial interest in keeping marijuana prohibition laws on the books including pharmaceutical giants, alcohol lobbies, casinos, and the prison industrial complex.
Voters sent at least 99 women to the House, shattering the record of 84 now. The House was also getting its first two Muslim women, Massachusetts elected its first black congresswoman, and Tennessee got its first female senator.
WASHINGTON — Democrats have regained control of the House from President Donald Trump's Republican Party in the midterm elections, powered by a suburban revolt that has threatened what's left of the president's governing agenda. But the GOP added to its Senate edge and prevailed in some key races for governor Tuesday, beating back the potential
“Attorney General Jeff Sessions does not have his eyes set on voter suppression but is instead exploiting this moment to push a false narrative about voter fraud.”
In a move civil rights groups denounced as a blatant attempt by the Trump administration to intimidate minorities, spread hysteria about non-existent voter fraud, and suppress turnout, the Justice Department announced on Monday that it is dispatching
These U.S. Midterm elections will be influenced by radical social movements, will be the first time that open socialists win numerous local, state, and national elections, could provide a check on Trump, and open up possible new ways forward for the U.S. left.
Throughout history it has been hard for progressives and leftists, in the U.S. and outside the country, to get excited for U.S. elections. For a lot of progressives and leftists, the United States represents the biggest imperialist threat to real progress around the world, a role the country has had since the start of the Cold War. The United
The scoreboard presents 29 bills and resolutions that were introduced on behalf of Israel, some openly drafted by AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
A detailed scoreboard on candidates for the Senate and House of Representatives shows that 28 pro-Israel PACs and numerous pro-Israel individuals have given candidates millions of dollars in campaign contributions. The scoreboard presents 29 bills and resolutions that were introduced on behalf of Israel. 20 passed into law or on-record
The billionaire magnates have their eyes on the Supreme Court, and that’s not all.
Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes’ announced Monday that she will run for the Democratic nomination to be a senator from Kentucky.
For Democrats, the campaign to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been dark and full of terrors. Even though McConnell has one of the worst at-home popularity ratings of any sitting senator -- with 36 percent of Kentucky voters approving of the job he did, compared to 54 percent disapproving,
