DemDaily: Remain in Mexico: SCOTUS Upholds “Extreme and Irreversible Harm”
August 26, 2021 Protection for immigrants took another blow Tuesday with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) refusal to stay a federal court ruling striking down the Biden...
Posted August 26, 2021
DemDaily: Departing The House. Retirements and Special Elections
August 25, 2021 Now seven months into the 2022 election cycle, sixteen US House members, including eight Democrats and eight Republicans, have announced their retirements or plans to leave...
Posted August 25, 2021
DemDaily: March On This Weekend. The Details
August 24, 2021 This Saturday everyday citizens and activists will descend on Washington, DC and other major cities to demonstrate against the wave of voter suppression laws sweeping the country...
Posted August 24, 2021
DemDaily: Labor’s New Leadership
August 23, 2021 In a historic move Friday, the AFL-CIO elected its new President, Liz Shuler, making her the first woman to lead the nation’s largest labor federation. The AFL-CIO is an...
Posted August 23, 2021
DemDaily: A Little Humor! Our Monthly Roundup
August 13, 2021 To Remind Us to Laugh On the Senate’s passage of Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill Nineteen Republicans joined all Senate Democrats in favor of the measure...
Posted August 13, 2021
DemDaily: What is the Voting Rights Act? History, Prologue, Postscript
August 12, 2021 Last Friday marked the 56th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA), considered the most far-reaching civil rights legislation in modern US history. More than half a...
Posted August 12, 2021
DemDaily: Cuomo: Time’s Up
August 11, 2021 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned from office yesterday, bringing to an end a storied career that at one point was thought to lead to the White House. As with many...
Posted August 11, 2021
DemDaily: Where We Won. Olympic Gold!
August 10, 2021 The 2021 Summer Olympics came to a close yesterday with the United States winning the race for both the overall medal count and the most gold medals at the quadrennial games. Team...
Posted August 10, 2021
DemDaily: The Moratorium’s Moral Imperative
August 6, 2021 President Biden issued a new eviction moratorium Tuesday, just days after the national moratorium, first imposed due to the coronavirus, expired. The federal ban expired Saturday...
Posted August 6, 2021
DemDaily: The Loss of Labor’s Best. Richard Trumka 1949-2021
August 5, 2021 The labor movement and, indeed, all who fight to champion democracy, lost a legend this morning with the unexpected passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Trumka, 72, who...
Posted August 5, 2021
