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A party built on demonizing and attacking marginalized people is a party that will have to disenfranchise those same people if it is to survive.

A large network of political groups and outreach initiatives, many of them helmed by black women, backed Abrams in Georgia’s May 22 democratic primary

Summer Lee, Sara Innamorato and Liz Fiedler faced enormous odds against well-funded opponents. These progressive women took the odds and won ... not by a little but by a lot. They've proven the old analysis that says you have to be a centrist to win is dead wrong.

If elections are wealthy interests versus voters, the counter to the power of Big Money is to increase voters’ financial power.

Democrats have a problem the Republicans don’t. The pursuit of big money drives establishment Democrats to adopt positions — and to nurture a political culture — that prevents them from winning their natural constituencies.

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It’s no surprise automatic voter registration receives such broad support in a polarized political environment. It's the epitome of good government reform: it’s cost-effective, and it works.

It is difficult to say how much López Obrador could, or would, do if elected, given the forces arrayed against him, both at home and from the north. But if there is a reform candidate and party in the race, it is López Obrador and his Morena party.

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