They had gathered expecting to celebrate a historic Kamala Harris presidency. The next day, they took stock of their loss.

Roughly half the country, the majority of it white, has opted out of the multiracial democratic experiment.

The name of the Texas oil and gas regulatory agency — unlike its peers in other states — has nothing to do with fossil fuels or natural resources. The Railroad Commission of Texas hasn’t had anything ...

Recently I was invited to speak at a conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Port Huron Statement. Never heard of it? In 1962, at a... In the summer of 1963 between high school and college I ...

There are lots of ways to increase voter turnout and lessen the influence of money in elections — as other countries have ...

(Note: This post first appeared April 28 on L.A. Progressive.) According to US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, more people die in the American workplace in ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s recent comment about replacing the Affordable Care Act if Trump returns to office has stirred ...

Union members say the non-endorsement ignores Harris’ role in securing Teamsters’ retirement benefits and Biden’s pro-union ...

Kelly Candaele is a filmmaker, journalist and former trustee of the Los Angeles Community College District, and was a union organizer for 15 years. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, New York ...

Harold Meyerson, one of the nation's best-known progressive columnists, is an editor-at-large of The American Prospect and a weekly columnist for the Washington Post. He also writes regularly about ...