(The following was originally posted on Seattle City Councilor Kshama Sawant’s blog.)
On June 30, the Council voted on a resolution which revised investment policies in several ways, most notably to encourage fossil fuel divestment (PDF).…
Posts published in June 2014
United States Senate seats from Kansas have comprised of a constant stream of Republican politicians since George McGill (D) lost his re-election bid in 1938. Kansas is considered, at least in national politics, a safe, solid-red state.…
For the second time in three election cycles, an Arkansas State Representative was elected to office as a Green, only to flip to the Democrats mid-term, and then lose re-election while running as a Democrat.…
The National Spotlight is once again on Mississippi.…
By Jill Harkins:
Nick Troiano, independent candidate for the 10th Congressional District, will spend July on his “Back to the Future” tour, traveling through the 15 counties in the district in a 1981 DeLorean, the car well-known for its placement in the popular 1985 film Back to the Future, in an attempt to acquire the 3,600 signatures necessary for him to be added to the November ballot.…
Tony Jones is running for the seat of lieutenant governor in Rhode Island this November, and if elected, will work to eliminate the seat and save the state $1 million per year.…
Eugene Puryear, the D.C. Statehood Green Party’s nominee in the race for At-Large Member of D.C. Council (http://www.EugenePuryear.com), released a statement sharply criticizing the Council’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget.…
Well, it’s that time again: the start of a new month! There are some interesting things scheduled for June, not the least of which will be the Libertarian National Convention on June 26 through June 29.…