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How the left plans to shrink the Democratic establishment
Progressives are aggressively contesting upcoming special elections in deep-blue House districts. The goal? Electing the most liberal members possible.
Nina Turner speaks at a campaign rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders on November, 3, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Washington hasn’t paid much attention to the handful of upcoming special elections in deep-blue House districts. There’s little reason to: it’s a near-certainty that the seats will elect Democrats.
But progressives are keeping close tabs. And they are
aggressively contesting the races in an effort to stop establishment-oriented Democrats from claiming the offices. The elections come at a critical time on the Hill, as lawmakers debate top liberal priorities such as a $15 minimum wage, student loan debt forgiveness and police reform.
Fight for $15 Is Also About Forming a Union, St. Louis Workers Emphasize Jacqui Germain
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The day before the Fight for $15 movement’s multicity Black History Month strike, Nicole Rush was at home with her family. The 30-year-old mother of two shares a two-bedroom apartment in St. Louis with her children, her sister, and brother. Making $11 an hour might be more than the current federal minimum wage, but it still isn’t enough for Rush to afford her own place, cover living expenses, and take care of her kids. So, alongside dozens of other fast food workers in St. Louis and countless more around the country, Rush is organizing to secure a $15 minimum wage and the right to form a union in her workplace.
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Environmental justice isn t just a buzzword or hashtag for Dr. Beverly Wright it s what helps her get out of bed every morning. For the last 35 years, fighting for her Louisiana community s access to a healthy and safe environment has been her mission, and it s put her in rooms with the last three Democratic presidents.
Wright s federal advocacy began in the early 1990s, when she worked on the country s first executive order focused on environmental justice, which then-President Bill Clinton signed in 1994. Executive Order 12898, or EO 12898, instructed federal agencies to pursue environmental justice policies that would limit the disproportionately high and adverse effects of environmental harms on low-income communities and people of color, who are more likely to be
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