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Whidbey Island Trump rally.

Trumpism Is Still on the March Trumpism Is Still on the March

Formerly liberal American towns are facing attempted right-wing takeovers while megalomaniacs vie for global supremacy.

Feb 25, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

The Right Is Exploiting People’s Fears With Surgical Precision

The Right Is Exploiting People’s Fears With Surgical Precision The Right Is Exploiting People’s Fears With Surgical Precision

By pushing buttons around education and crime, highly organized conservative groups are bringing out the worst in American voters.

Feb 18, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

Homeless Struggle To Maintain New Encampment In Sacramento

California Needs to Get Serious About Homelessness California Needs to Get Serious About Homelessness

The state has failed to provide housing to the formerly incarcerated and other vulnerable people.

Feb 11, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

Drama at Redding BOS meeting

California’s Red Counties California’s Red Counties

The alt-right’s ascendancy in Shasta County gives a window on what could be a fractious political future for California’s rural north.

Feb 4, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

Placentia Yorba Linda School Board discusses critical race theory

The GOP Dials Up Its Attacks on Critical Race Theory The GOP Dials Up Its Attacks on Critical Race Theory

The campaigns are focused on racially diverse communities with declining numbers of white students that are located in politically competitive districts.

Jan 28, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

unite here hunger strike

On Hunger Strike for Voting Rights On Hunger Strike for Voting Rights

Unite Here Local 11 has repeatedly reached out to Kyrsten Sinema to express deep dismay at the prospect that the several voter protection bills circulating in D.C. won’t pass in th...

Jan 21, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

Inflation democrats

How a State Bank Could Challenge Payday Lenders How a State Bank Could Challenge Payday Lenders

California may establish federally insured banking system to serve the more than 7 percent of its residents who don’t have bank accounts.

Oct 8, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

California Recall Elder

California Says “No” California Says “No”

In a thorough rebuke of Republican subterfuge, voters overwhelmingly rejected the attempted recall of Governor Gavin Newsom.

Sep 15, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

SANTA CLARITA - Yes on Recall campaign Chairman Carl DeMaio is scheduled to attend a rally in support of the recall against Gov. Gavin Newsom at the Santa Clarita Activities Center. The stop will mark the third and final stop in a two-day tour in su

Red Heat in a Blue State Red Heat in a Blue State

The Delta variant, the Taliban’s ascendancy, and a surge of wildfires in California threaten to derail Gavin Newsom’s prospects in the coming recall election.

Aug 20, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Candidates Debate In California Recall Election

California’s Recall Election Could Be a National Disaster California’s Recall Election Could Be a National Disaster

In a state with 40 million people, it’s entirely conceivable that a new governor could be “elected” with fewer than 2 million votes.

Aug 13, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

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