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State Ballot Initiatives to Watch
State ballot initiatives are voter referendums that range from small tax code tweaks to addressing major issues like same-sex marriage and voter ID laws. Often when a state’s legislative and executive...
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Key Ballot Initiatives: What Passed, What Didn’t?
Voters cast their Election Day ballots at Harrison High School in Harrison, Montana. The high school is a polling station for Harrison, Pony, Norris and other surrounding rural areas. (AP Photo/Janie...
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Banks Got Nowhere to Run To, Baby
We’re proud to collaborate with The Nation in sharing insightful journalism related to income inequality in America. The following is an excerpt from Nation contributor Greg Kaufmann’s “This Week in...
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Homeowners Take Foreclosure Fight to the DOJ
We’re proud to collaborate with The Nation in sharing insightful journalism related to income inequality in America. The following is an excerpt from Nation contributor Greg Kaufmann’s “This Week in...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Buzz Over Iran Deal; Science Proves Louis C.K. Right About...
Good morning! (Sorry it’s Monday.) Here are some of the stories we’re reading as we get up to speed for the new week… The Big Story –> John Zarocostas, Jonathan Landay and Anita Kumar run down the...
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Minnesota Adopts First Statewide Method for Calculating the Value of Solar Power
This July 2013 photo provided by the Wright Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association shows the first community solar array in Rockford, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Wright Hennepin Cooperative Electric...
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Minnesota Becomes Fifth State to Hike Minimum Wage in 2014
Pedro Rodriguez, right, talks with Andrus Reyes as they participate in a demonstration on a Burger King parking lot as part of a nationwide protest supporting higher wages for workers in the fast-food...
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Signs of Bipartisan Reform, but Photo ID Snags Voters
Election worker Dorothy Davis checks a voter's ID in Little Rock, Arkansas, for Arkansas' party primary elections on Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) This post originally appeared at...
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Why Rural Communities Need to Talk About Climate Change
This post originally appeared at the Institution for Agriculture & Trade Policy’s Think Forward blog. In early March, farmers and rural residents of southeast Minnesota gathered for three intensive...
View ArticleThis Week in Political Money: Will Missouri Voters Get a Chance to Vote Big...
We’ll be posting this roundup each week leading up to Election Day. Share your thoughts about these must-read stories and always feel free to suggest your own in the comments section. THIS WEEK’S...
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It Is Time to Begin the Process of Rebuilding Our Middle-Class Economy
In The New York Times recently, the paper’s former Washington bureau chief, the veteran journalist Hedrick Smith, asked an important question: “Can the States Save American Democracy?” Smith, who...
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The Oregon Idea — Make Voting Easy
This post originally appeared at Reclaiming the American Dream. “We make voting convenient with vote by mail and by sending a voters’ guide to every household in the state,” says Oregon Secretary of...
View ArticleWhere Protests Flourish, Anti-Protest Bills Follow
This post originally appeared on the ACLU website. Over the past year, a historic level of activism and protest has spilled out into our nation’s parks, streets, and sidewalks — places where our First...
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Is Health Care Doomed?
As Donald Trump and the Republicans aim a bulldozer at the Affordable Care Act, supporters of the ACA are making a strong case for its successes. One of them is Jonathan Cohn, who has covered health...
View ArticleNew Anti-Protesting Legislation: A Deeper Look
This post originally appeared at National Lawyers Guild. In recent weeks, multiple articles have pointed to the wave of new anti-protesting bills introduced in state legislatures since the end of 2016....
View ArticleMinnesota Adopts First Statewide Method for Calculating the Value of Solar Power
The state places a dollar amount on how much the solar power generated by customers is worth to the society and the environment as a whole. Continue reading The post Minnesota Adopts First Statewide...
View ArticleMinnesota Becomes Fifth State to Hike Minimum Wage in 2014
The new minimum covers tipped workers, and will be indexed to the cost of living. Continue reading The post Minnesota Becomes Fifth State to Hike Minimum Wage in 2014 appeared first on BillMoyers.com.
View ArticleSigns of Bipartisan Reform, but Photo ID Snags Voters
A number of states have moved to expand access to the ballot in 2014. Many glitches have also developed as states implement new restrictions for the first time this year. Continue reading The post...
View ArticleWhy Rural Communities Need to Talk About Climate Change
In early March, farmers and rural residents of southeast Minnesota gathered for three intensive days of presentations, discussion and deliberation around the thorny issue of climate change. The Winona,...
View ArticleThis Week in Political Money: Will Missouri Voters Get a Chance to Vote Big...
We’ll be posting this roundup each week leading up to Election Day. Share your thoughts about these must-read stories and always feel free to suggest your own in the comments section. Continue reading...
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