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In 2022, we identified the CA-41 in Riverside County in Southern California as a flippable district in the 2022 midterm election, and continued to do so in the 2024 rematch between incumbent Republican Ken Calvert and the Dem challenger, Will Rollins, despite Rollins’ 2022 loss by over 11,000 votes (4.6 percentage points) out of over 239,000 votes cast.
Republicans have made it abundantly clear that they cannot be entrusted to control the U.S. House of Representatives. Whether it’s dragging their feet to fund the most critical functions of our military and social safety nets, failing to ensure that we comply with international pacts, or refusing to respond to unanticipated crises like the tragic destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, they have proven they need to give up the reins.
Drawn as a white-majority district by the California Redistricting Commission in 2022, it is considered one of only three competitive toss-up districts in the state by the Commission.
In a recent, now viral, sit-down interview with Don Lemon, Elon Musk, one of DEI’s top public enemies, doubled down and continued to assail diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Musk said society should stop making racism a “constant subject,” adding: “I think we need to move on.”
Two weeks ago, thousands of people around the country celebrated Juneteenth, commemorating the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they were free.
In the short period between Juneteenth and July 4th, the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled decades of progress towards freedom and equality for all, from allowing business owners to lawfully discriminate against LGBTQ+ people to gutting affirmative action in higher education.
In September 2021, the city of Atlanta approved the creation of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center that has come to be known as Cop City.
The fight for LGBTQ+ rights has always been inextricably tied to the fight for Black civil rights. While more LGBTQ+ leaders of the civil rights movement have begun to receive acknowledgment in recent years, this was not always the case.
A few weeks ago, when this year's Pulitzer Prize award winners were announced, I was struck by the number of Asian American winners and finalists.
By my count, out of the 23 categories, there were at least eight Asian Americans named (see list below). Given that May is also Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, this all felt serendipitous, significant, and magnificent—a true cause to celebrate!
On Sunday, as I watched Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan tearfully accept their Oscar awards, I pumped my fists and dabbed my eyes. Asians sweeping the freakin’ Oscars!
This time last year was a difficult one for me and my family. A health diagnosis had taken us all by surprise, creating a cognitive dissonance between the holiday we were supposed to be celebrating in a spirit of gratitude and the reality of our life circumstances. At the same time, there was no shortage of distressing news in the country and world at-large.
Incumbency is supposed to have its privileges, but somebody forgot to tell that to the Ohio Republicans who drastically altered OH-01 after the 2020 Census, essentially leaving their incumbent Steve Chabot to sink or swim as Democratic challenger Greg Landsman and party members go all out in an attempt to flip the seat and retain control of the House of Representatives.
Early voting is underway in AZ-01 as David Schweikert, campaign finance violator extraordinaire, tries to convince voters to ignore his indiscretions and send him back to Washington for a 7th term in Congress.
The race in CA-45 pits the Korea-born right winger and first-term incumbent Michelle Steel against Taiwanese American and Democratic party challenger Jay Chen.
Ken Calvert’s record-setting 30-year term as a member of Congress appears to have run its course. Not only has CA-41 become less red over the past decade as more voters of color have moved in but the longest-serving member of the California delegation is running in a redrawn district that now includes Palm Springs.
The right to choose is front and center in CA-40 this cycle. Physician Asif Mahmood (D) cleared the field before the 2022 primary, demonstrating both his fundraising prowess and his ability to harness the energy of the district’s pro-choice voters by trouncing the incumbent Congresswoman Young Kim by just over 6 percentage points.
Republican fighter jet pilot Mike Garcia is battling for his political life in CA-27, a congressional district where President Biden won easily with a 10.1% margin of victory in 2020.
In one of the most hotly contested House races in the country, both parties will continue playing hot potato with the CA-22 race in Central Valley, California until Election Day this November.
One simple fact should frame all election analyses: the Democratic presidential nominee has won the popular vote in every single election since 1992 (with the sole exception of John Kerry’s narrow 2004 loss).
It’s hardly news by now that President Joe Biden and other Democrats would not have performed as well as they did in the 2020 presidential election or the 2021 Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs if it weren’t for the millions of voters of color and young voters who turned out to the polls in record numbers. Less talked about, however, are the organizations that worked tirelessly to make all of that possible.
To close out Pride Month, we’re re-upping four episodes featuring inspiring LGBTQ+ women of color across the country who are showing up unapologetically and fighting for equality.
6 years ago, on the evening of june 12th, my phone — ever the harbinger of nothing good — buzzed me out of my book to let me know that a terrorist attack had taken place in orlando, florida.
To kick off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re re-upping five episodes featuring inspiring AAPI women across the country who are stepping up to the fight to defend our rights and our democracy.
I have admittedly never watched Star Trek (the original or newer versions), but when I learned that Stacey Abrams made a cameo in the season finale of Paramount+’s Star Trek: Discovery, it immediately piqued my interest.
Since launching our podcast in 2020, we’ve had many powerful women on the show who are advancing democracy, fighting Republican attacks on America’s multi-racial majority, and championing new ideas on how to fight racism.
How Democrats can step into some “New Year, New Party” energy.
Magdalena, my artistic child, age 10, was creating a portrait of a classmate. In the portrait, the friend’s skin was peach, like a “skin-colored” crayon; the highlights were blue.
When Emmy nominations were announced back in July, Twitter was abuzz with excitement, and rightfully so. I, along with many others, were thrilled to see the historic level of diversity among nominees including Lovecraft Country’s Jonathan Majors, Saturday Night Live’s Bowen Yang, and Pose’s Mj Rodriguez.
Last week, as I watched the media frenzy following the passage of a Texas bill that would ban abortions for pregnant people after six weeks, I stepped away from my computer to take a walk and clear my head.
Despite having raised $57 million, Gov. Gavin Newsom's recall campaign is about to blow it in the final stretch, imperiling not only his governorship but also the quality of lives of tens of millions of Californians.
These key states are most likely to expand Democrats’ majority in the chamber while deepening racial and gender diversity