Metaphors—and the broader narratives a candidate, party, and political movement use to tell their story—are the building blocks of short and long-term success in politics.
Activists in Providence, Rhode Island, are providing a model for electing officials at the municipal level who will champion the interests of working people.
Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Democracy Now!. November 21, 2011.
Going into a third day of mass protests in Egypt, the unarmed citizens calling for an end to military rule face a vicious crackdown from security forces.
Thousands of protesters demanding that the ruling military cede power to a civilian authority were brutally cleared by the military and security forces Sunday.
This Tuesday, six Republican state senators who supported Scott Walker's radical agenda face recall. Here's what you need to know about the issues at play.
Polls are favorable as progressives head into the recall elections of eight Wisconsin State Senate Republicans who supported Scott Walker's union-busting.
Wisconsin erupted in protest in February over an attempt to ban collective bargaining, but Gov. Scott Walker didn't stop there in his war on the people of his state.
More than 31 percent of Latino eligible voters are between the ages of 18 and 29. A little more than 17 percent of those voters went to the polls in the midterms.
The U.S. Chamber's rabidly partisan tone and top-down control are turning off some local chambers that do not want to be affiliated with right-wing politics.
To say that the American people are angry is an understatement. The only question at this point is how to mitigate the damage when the bomb detonates in November.
Wendy Feliz Sefsaf, Immigration Impact. August 30, 2010.
In recent elections, a few politicians won on the backs of undocumented immigrants, but for others that tactic cost them the race. This fall we may see more of the latter.
