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Organizing the Battery Belt

Amos Barshad Jacobin
In deep-red Hardin County, Kentucky, workers are trying to unionize a new electric vehicle battery plant. If Donald Trump scraps the IRA, it may cost thousands of his supporters safe, well-paying jobs.

Can the Progressive Caucus Take Democrats in a New Direction?

Christopher D. Cook interview with Representative Greg Casar The Progressive
"I believe in fighting for vulnerable people, reproductive rights and climate action. But we won’t have the numbers in office to protect the vulnerable if we don’t fix Democrats’ loss of trust among a lot of working class people."

It Was an Ambush

Tom Nichols The Atlantic
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.

This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats’ Latino Woes

Greg Sargent The New Republic
Latino voters shifted dramatically toward Trump in the last election. Reading, Pennsylvania offers a clue to how Democrats can claw them back. Both campaigns saw Reading as strategically critical and it happens to be nearly 70 percent Latino.