“From opinions about gun laws to issues of inequality and immigration tactics, middle and high school students with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab asked teenagers across the country what is on their minds in the countdown to the 2018 midterms. Watch more at https://www.pbs.org/newshour/
There are seventeen (17) 2018 Ballot Measures on my Absentee Ballot. Eleven (11) are State Measures, one (1) is a County Measure and five (5) are Long Beach Measures. Some of the 2018 State ballot measures are getting a lot of attention. Propositions 8 (Outpatient Kidney Dialysis Clinics) and 10 (Rent Control) have received the…
I received my absentee ballot several weeks ago from the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. They’re handling the logistics for the November 6 election even though there are five Long Beach measures on the ballot. I also received the sample ballot. That is 88 pages long. That doesn’t include the front and inside back covers. I…
“A record number of Native American women are running for office in the midterm elections. At least four candidates are vying to become the first Native American women elected to Congress, including Deb Haaland in New Mexico and Sharice Davids in Kansas. Three Native women are running for governor, and 31 are running for seats…
“After a major debate, Democrats have voted on a key progressive demand after the 2016 campaign: to vastly reduce the power of superdelegates in choosing the party’s presidential nominee. Saturday’s vote by the Democratic National Committee comes after the 2016 race for Democratic nominee between Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,…