An Advocate for Domestic Workers Wins the Just Brooklyn Prize
Christine Yvette Lewis is a coordinator for Domestic Workers United, a coalition that campaigns for labor rights for household employees.
Prisoner standing for Congress could sway key election race
A man serving 20 years in a New York state prison for threatening public officials has been allowed to run for Congress in ...
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Alaska House speaker suggests election bill was blocked because it would have improved rural Alaskans’ access to voting
Alaska House Speaker Cathy Tilton suggested on a talk radio show that Republican members of the House majority blocked an ...
Trump uses interview on economics to promote tariffs and riff on his favorite themes
Appearing before a friendly audience at the Economic Club of Chicago, the Republican presidential nominee repeatedly asserted that tariffs are misunderstood as an economic tool.
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Peltola takes credit for Willow approval in tight Alaska race
Peltola burnished her bipartisan bona fides during the debate, including by taking credit for President Joe Biden’s 2023 ...
How a Man Imprisoned in New York Could Sway a Key House Race in Alaska
Eric Hafner, who is serving a 20-year sentence, is running to represent a state in which he has never set foot. He could play ...
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We play excerpts from the film Investigating War Crimes in Gaza, now available online, and speak to two of the journalists involved in its production, director Richard Sanders and Gaza-based ...
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How a man imprisoned in New York could sway Alaska’s key U.S. House race
The Alaska Democratic Party tried to oust Hafner from the ballot for lack of residency. The party hired a Washington law firm and sued, arguing that even though he was unlikely to win, his mere ...
User’s manual on what House races to watch on Election Night
Election night in 2024 will not only determine who stands in the White House, but also may change the fate of who controls ...
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Peltola maintains cash advantage over Begich in final month of campaigning for Alaska’s U.S. House seat
Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola continued to far outpace her Republican opponent Nick Begich III in campaign fundraising during August and September, according to federal filings posted ...
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My Turn: A candidate in the November election who reaches across the aisle
Alaska has a rich history of political coalitions, but one congressional candidate on November’s ballot shows no inclination ...
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For Alaska’s leading U.S. House candidates, a grueling travel week that was — and wasn’t — unusual
Nick Begich and Rep. Mary Peltola saw three debates in three days, spanning more than 1,000 miles on the campaign trail.