Jesse Burns of the New Jersey League of Women Voters has been working for years to stop the backroom deals that are made when the state re-draws its legislative district map every 10 years.  When she found out who was appointed to this years commission, she said once again she…

Good morning, this is Tamara Howie bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Tuesday 24 November. Top stories Mathias Cormanns travel around Europe to campaign for the top OECD job may be costing Australian taxpayers as much as $4,300 an hour. The Morrison government is supporting the former finance…

Less than 36 hours after the polls closed, Democrats had formed up into their traditional circular firing squadand this time, after they won the presidency! But Joe Bidens margin over Donald Trump was a fraction of what they had expected. The Senate seemed likely to remain in Republican hands. House…

Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a mounting pressure campaign to fill Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ vacated Senate seat with a “woman of color” — as a Hispanic male frontrunner emerges. A group of 150 of the Golden State’s largest female donors have signed their names to a letter that will…

Mark Peterson for The New Republic Trump didnt sell out his supporters. In fact, his presidency saw something extraordinary, even if it was all but invisible from the countrys globalized cities: the first egalitarian boom since well back in the twentieth century. In 2019, the last non-Covid year, he presided…

A coalition of major political donors in California will urge the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom (D), to appoint a woman of color to fill Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ Senate seat when she assumes office in January, according to a report Sunday evening. A group of about 150 donors will publish…

In June, the hashtag #DCblackout erupted on Twitter. A series of tweets claimed authorities had blocked protesters from communicating on their smartphones in order to tamp down on unrest around police brutality and the killing of George Floyd. Images circulated of an inferno raging beside the Washington Monument, illuminating the…

Some of Californias biggest political donors are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to choose a woman of color to fill the seat of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Given how rare it has been for a Senate seat in the countrys largest state to become vacant, California leaders have been hard at…

A focus group of adult Latinos who live in Richfield say that they often find it hard to use public services and programs, despite the city’s large Latino population and trailblazing Latina mayor. The group cites language barriers, concerns about data privacy regarding immigration status, and a lack of access…

WASHINGTON Heading into the election, Democrats dreamed it would go something like Star Wars, with rebel forces blowing up the Death Star and celebrating in the streets as a blue wave swept them into power in Washington and state capitals across the country. But President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory ended up…