Politics and Friendship: How I’m Balancing It All This Election Season
What happens when you and a close friend find yourselves on opposite sides of the ballot? Does it mean the end of a friendship?
What happens when you and a close friend find yourselves on opposite sides of the ballot? Does it mean the end of a friendship?
To further resist the threat of authoritarianism, we must lift up young leaders who will be democracy’s champions for this and future generations. People For the American Way’s Young Elected Officials Network is celebrating the election of young leaders as new members of Congress from across the country: Greg Casar from Austin, Texas; Emilia Sykes from Akron, Ohio; Maxwell Frost from Orlando, Fla.; Summer Lee from Braddock, Pa.; Robert Garcia from Long Beach, Calif.; Sydney Kamlager from Los Angeles, Calif; and Jasmine Crockett from Dallas, Texas. Dozens more were elected to local and state offices, building a crucial leadership pipeline.
Assemblymember Isaac G. Bryan (D-Los Angeles) was appointed by Speaker Anthony Rendon on December 27 to chair the Committee on Elections.
A petition to recall California State Governor Gavin Newsom has collected enough signatures to become an effective ballot. Confirmed by State election officials on Monday, April 26; a ballot seen in this light would be the second of its kind in California history.
This November’s general election is set to be historic, not just because of the presidential race at a time when the American electorate is unusually polarized.
members of the community joined the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Inc. (BWL) and its partners for an in-depth, neutral presentation on five (5) hotly contested propositions on the November 8th California ballot.