From the complaint: “Representatives sent fundraising emails while on the House Floor that discussed the sit-in they were staging and asked for campaign contributions.”
Conventional wisdom in liberal electoral politics is that you have to lock down White swing voters to pass progressive policy. In his new book, ”Brown is the New White,” civil rights lawyer and politico Steve Phillips argues that organizing a younger, browner “new American majority” is the key.
From the DREAMers to Black Lives Matter, our modern social movements for racial, economic and climate justice are shaping American presidential politics in previously unheard-of ways.
In a little over a week, Black Lives Matter members have interrupted three presidential campaign rallies, most notably one of Bernie Sanders’ in Seattle. Here’s what BLM leaders and collaborators have to say on the matter.
Thousands came out for Tuesday’s rally in Washington D.C., the latest demonstration aimed at putting pressure on Congress to take action on immigration reform.
As the Republican-led House voted to hold Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt on Thursday, Democrats led by the Congressional Black Caucus walked out in protest.
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