The 2018 U.S. elections not only flipped control of the House of Representatives from the Republicans to the Democrats. They also dramatically changed the composition of the Democratic Party delegation. Bolstered by an influx of newcomers, many who ran on anti-establishment platforms, the ranks of the Congressional Progressive Caucus have swelled to their greatest numbers […]
How Progressive Politics Came Crashing Down in Wisconsin
If you walk into the Wisconsin State Historical Society Museum in Madison, you’ll find a good chunk of the building dedicated to the socialist and progressive politics of the Badger State. Historically, Wisconsin led the nation in thoughtful, progressive and pragmatic policy. Wisconsin was home to early abolitionists, was the first state to ratify the […]
Andrea Jenkins: Election Winner, Transgender Historian, Activist
Up until this year, Andrea Jenkins was best known as a poet, multimedia artist, the University of Minnesota’s Oral Historian for the Transgender Oral History Project and LGBTQ activist. With the election on November 7th, Jenkins can now add another line to her resume: Minneapolis City Council member. Jenkins won her ward with almost 70% […]
The Current State of Progressive Politics
A little over a year since his election, and Donald Trump’s approval rating continues to hover between 34% and 38%. The November local and state elections saw a wave of Democratic victories, many coming from candidates representing the very minorities, immigrants, LGBTQ or transgender communities that the President disparages daily on Twitter. Even self-declared socialists […]
Danica Roem: This is Who I Am
In January of 2017, Virginia’s 13th district delegate, conservative Republican Bob Marshall, authored a bill that would have mandated that people use bathrooms according to the gender shown on their birth certificates. The bill failed in committee, but was par for the course for the 26-year veteran of the Virginia House of Delegates, who once […]
Ravi Bhalla: First Sikh Mayor in New Jersey’s History
With 55,000 people packed into a little over a square mile, Hoboken, New Jersey is the 4th-most densely inhabited city in the United States. Just a short ferry ride from Manhattan, Hoboken has seen its population soar over the past several years, as the once gritty, blue-collar birthplace of baseball, the Bethlehem shipbuilding yards and […]
