With the Senate race entering its final stretch, Abdul El-Sayed spent Monday flanked by Detroit elected officials, labor leaders and community activists as he worked to lock down support of Black voters -- a key constituency for his path to victory.
PHILADELPHIA — What stuck with Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) was the binders. On the campaign trail, the Pittsburgh Republican kept asking small-business owners the same question: What’s standing in the way of your growth? If you have 10 employees, what would it take to get to 20? At a cosmetology school in Lancaster, the owner […]
Progressives are hoping California’s proposed wealth tax — a ballot initiative known as Proposition 40 — will be a launching pad for a nationwide push to tax the “super rich.” But fresh evidence suggests the policy is likely to backfire. A new paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that the proposed […]
The California wealth tax ballot proposition is dividing Democrats and their activists with a week left until the election, and it is on pace to lose among the state’s primarily Democratic voting base. California’s “one-time” confiscation of 5% of billionaires’ wealth is polling underwater. A California Post/McLaughlin & Associates poll has the tax, Proposition 40, […]
President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia conceded defeat Sunday in an election that pitted him against a student-led movement. Those students managed to turn public anger into an electoral force capable of removing a ruling party that once looked invincible. Now they must turn that force into a functioning government. The preliminary results give the Students’ […]
Lula's Brazil election victory sparked celebration from U.S. progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but a last-minute voting extension drew sharp criticism.
The Trump Justice Department fired Maurene Comey without cause, but a federal judge ruled it violated the Civil Service Reform Act and ordered backpay.