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To Win 2022: Go big on reconciliation and invest in Latinx voters'Years in the making': Established Latino groups helped Biden in Arizona, Nevada
October 13, 2021 |
Control of Congress is at stake next year, and some Democratic analysts are sounding the alarm.
We won’t sugarcoat it. As Latinx leaders in Pennsylvania and Nevada—two 2020 and 2022 battleground states—we know that this is an uphill battle for Democrats. We also know that there has been some erosion in support for Democrats in Latinx communities where our organization works.
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November 13, 2020 |
Tomas Robles was 12 years old when a police officer pulled up to his family, who had become stranded on their return home to Phoenix from a vacation across the border.
The officer didn't ask whether they needed help. He questioned his father about weapons and drugs and then forced his father to put his hands on the hood of a searing hot car, rummaged through their belongings without a warrant and left without assisting them.
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Meet this moment and transform NYC politics
September 21, 2020 |
If we have learned anything this year, it is that we can no longer afford to conduct politics as usual. The coronavirus pandemic has only exposed and exacerbated the systemic injustice and growing inequality leaving our communities behind.
As the wealthy fled to their vacation homes, our essential workers — overwhelmingly people of color — have continued to put their lives on the line every day to save lives and keep the city running.
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Insurgent Campaigns Try to Replicate Major 2018 Voter Turnout Jump in Very Different Circumstances
June 22, 2020 |
After a massive wave of voters shook New York’s 2018 primary elections and subsequent state government, this year’s primary turnout could be hobbled by the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whereas the 2018 primaries for state Legislature, governor, and other state-level seats saw an immense jump in voter participation from 2014, this month’s party primaries — almost all of which are again among Democrats — for president, state Legislature, the U.S. House of Representatives, and other seats, could see a drop.
Read moreProgressive challenger Jessica González-Rojas wins Jackson Heights Assembly primary
By Angélica Acevedo | Friday, July 17, 2020 4:00 PM
Progressive first-time challenger Jessica González-Rojas has won the highly contested race for Assembly District 34, beating six-term incumbent Michael DenDekker as well as three other candidates, on Friday, July 17.
After a day of absentee ballot counting for the district, which encompasses Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and parts of Woodside and Corona, a source told QNS González-Rojas won with about 42 percent of the total vote. Results have not yet been certified by the Board of Elections.
However, DenDekker took to Twitter to concede the race.
Read moreLower Manhattan primary offers a test for new progressives
By BILL MAHONEY | 06/12/2020 05:02 AM EDT
ALBANY — It’s clear that Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou has ruffled a few feathers in her four years in the state Capitol. Not every legislator can say that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office has dubbed them an idiot — with an expletive added — for daring to criticize his fundraising.
As many Democratic lawmakers try to fend of challenges from the left in this month's primaries, Niou is an outlier incumbent who’s being accused of being too caught up in progressive ideals and distant from on-the-ground reality. And there’s evidence suggesting that some key members of the Albany establishment would not be heartbroken if she lost to challenger Grace Lee in a fabled downtown Manhattan district.
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Of the Democratic field, only Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have returned the money.
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have returned campaign contributions from individuals employed at hedge funds that have investments in Puerto Rican debt. An open letter from a coalition of progressive activist groups sent last week demanded that presidential candidates reject donations tied to the continuing misery on the island.
Thirteen presidential candidates received a total of $230,900 in donations from fifteen different hedge funds holding Puerto Rican debt. The other candidates, including Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, and Pete Buttigieg, have not committed to returning the money.
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“Debate backlash.” “Obama allies exasperated.” “Stay away from Barack.” So the headlines read after last week’s presidential debates, with pundit after pundit faulting progressive Democratic candidates for daring to interrogate the legacy of President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
The critics’ argument: With a madman in the White House, Democrats need unity, and public disagreements about Obama’s and Biden’s record — and by extension, mainstream Democratic policy ideas — will hand Donald Trump his re-election.
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Ask a Reporter is an occasional series about civic engagement in and around the city. Do you have a question about how you can make a difference in your neighborhood, city or state? What about voting, the elections or navigating civic life in New York? Ask us! We want to help you get involved by answering your questions.
Q: How can I become civically engaged without risking my immigration status?
A: “So it depends on what you mean by status,” said Ravi Ragbir as he reclined on a sofa in the Greenwich Village offices of the New Sanctuary Coalition, where he serves as executive director.
Since his arrest in January after a routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the subsequent clashes between his supporters and police, Ragbir has become one of the most well-known immigrant activists in America. Originally from Trinidad, he’s still fighting deportation in two federal courts. We figured he’d know as well as anyone how an immigrant can become civically engaged without putting themselves at risk.