Politics and Policy

10+ hour, 58+ min ago   (250+ words) Washington DC - A month ahead of the US midterms, the Democrats are eyeing potential control of Congress – and the power to put President Donald Trump on the defensive for the rest of his term. Americans will elect all 435 members of…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (648+ words) October 4, 2026 at 12:29 pm The United States Capitol building is seen in Washington DC, United States on April 22, 2026, [Celal Güneş – Anadolu Agency] Between 2023 and 2026, Gallup recorded an increase in sympathy for the Palestinians from 49 to 65 per cent among Democrats, from 32 to…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (479+ words) Measure ULA, better known as the city’s “mansion tax,” raises money for affordable housing and homelessness prevention programs in the city of Los Angeles by taxing real estate that sells for more than $5.4 million. Proposition TE asks voters to cancel…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (294+ words) In the 1960s, left-wing Stanford biologist Paul Erich warned the world that overpopulation would have everybody disappearing “in a cloud of blue steam” by the 1980s. I lived through the ’80s and don’t recall a single person evaporating into a cerulean mist. In…...

3+ day, 32+ min ago   (1404+ words) Brian Bengs is one of several independent candidates running in deep-red states this year. He hopes his race can forge a new path for American politics. When union leader Dan Osborn came within 7 percentage points of beating an incumbent Republican…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (549+ words) Democrats are flocking to South Carolina to campaign for midterm candidates, even though Republicans dominate state politics Democrats Keep Coming to South Carolina to Stump for Midterm Candidates. It's All About 2028 But South Carolina is also the first state in…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (877+ words) Midterm Report: Inside the Key Races in Texas, Ohio, and Virginia Virginia is one of the first states to open its polls, and I cast my ballot the day early voting began. There’s a lot at stake this election year…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (277+ words) In this run-up to the 2026 mid-term elections, progressive movements and candidates remain caught up in the challenges of rising authoritarianism and militarism both at home and around the world. What’s different now compared to past crises is that many bold…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (288+ words) Earlier this year, Democrats looked like a party at war with itself. Primary after primary exposed a widening divide between the party’s insurgent left and its more traditional establishment wing, with several centrist candidates getting steamrolled along the way. Join…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (742+ words) Brooklyn has seen these battles before. In 2005, shortly after the party’s leader, ex-assemblyman Clarence Norman Jr., was convicted of accepting illegal campaign contributions and falsifying business... After years of outwitting her opponents at every turn, Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, the…...