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
DemDaily: Tuesday’s Election Results! Ohio and Mayors
August 4, 2021 In Ohio’s 11th Congressional District special election primary yesterday, Cuyahoga County Council member Shontel Brown prevailed over former State Senator Nina Turner for the...
Posted August 4, 2021
DemDaily: Demanding Democracy. Legislators Converge on The Capitol
August 3, 2021 On Monday, over 100 state legislators representing more than 30 states converged on Washington to support their Texas colleagues in pushing the Senate and President Biden to take...
Posted August 3, 2021
DemDaily: What is Medicare and Medicaid?
August 2, 2021 Last Friday marked the 56th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, the two government-run, social insurance programs that provide health care to the most vulnerable of our citizens...
Posted August 2, 2021
DemDaily: The Count
July 30, 2021 We are now halfway through the 2021 Summer Olympics and the USA is leading the competition with 41 medals, with China just one behind and the Russia Organizing Committee following...
Posted July 30, 2021
DemDaily: Update on The House: Next Week’s Special Elections
July 29, 2021 Seven US House Special Elections have been called so far in the 117th Congress, with now four behind us and two of the three remaining contests to be held next Tuesday. The partisan...
Posted July 29, 2021
