In his address to the nation on July 16, President Trump charged, without evidence, that American elections are not secure and stated that Congress “must pass” the SAVE America Act. Less than a week ...
In a trailer park “colonia” near the Salton Sea, a few miles north of Oasis, two men sit back against the battered silver skin of a mobile home. They’re still in their work clothes—one is older, ...
While there’s a lot of focus and money being spent on the midterms fast approaching in November, experienced and well-connected politicians on both sides of the aisle are already jockeying for the ...
Texas agriculture commissioner candidate Clayton Tucker is well-versed in populist language. The former Our Revolution organizer has no problem railing against corporate monopolies like Tyson, Cargill ...
Michelle is from New Haven, Connecticut, and was a hog farmer at the University of Pennsylvania. As Executive Director of the National Young Farmers Coalition, she provides strategic direction and ...
Texas is the birthplace of populism, and it may be one of the few states big and untrammeled enough to contain a figure as lively, clever and visionary as Jim Hightower. He has been called “America’s ...
Even before the United States was conceived, there was dissent. During the 17th century religious dissent played a significant role in the planting and development of the English colonies. In the 18th ...
Dick Flacks has a long and storied history in the progressive movement. He was a co-author of the Port Huron Statement by the Students for a Democratic Society, the 1962 manifesto credited with ...
Maine, the nation’s most rural state, joined this year’s record-breaking spending in a midterm election year. The state’s highly contested June 9 primary races for governor and U.S. Senate saw nearly ...
This essay was originally published by Other Words, a free editorial service of the Institute for Policy Studies, a D.C.-based nonprofit. Two hundred fifty years ago, Americans rejected monarchy. They ...
Editors’ Note: One thing Republicans have understood for decades is the voting power of states will smaller populations. Thanks to the electoral college and the structure of the U.S. Senate, voters in ...
“It’s either this shit or fucking prison,” Nephi Craig told himself. It was 1998, and the White Mountain Apache was trying on his first chef’s uniform. An 18-year-old from northeastern Arizona, he was ...