Author: Andrew Holmbeck
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Supreme Court upholds Arizona’s independent redistricting commission, dealing a blow to republicans
Advocates for redistricting reform scored a crucial victory today when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission. Passed by the voters in 2000, in an effort to remove legislators’ bias from the redistricting process, the commission was imperiled by the GOP’s rabid desire to abolish it so that they could gerrymander the state’s […]
Supreme Court on the right side of history
Prior to the start of oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court, The Tennessean Editorial Board opined that Tennessee’s embrace of liberty should extend to same-sex marriage. Citing the Tennessee Constitution’s assertion that “all power is inherent in the people” (Article I, Section 1) and its strong affirmation of freedom to worship or not (Article […]
Stop the Sneak Attack on Net Nuetrality
On June 12, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Open Internet Order mandating the strongest Net Neutrality protections in history finally went into effect. It was a tremendous victory for the millions of Americans, including hundreds of thousands of CREDO members, who fought for these rules. But Big Telecom’s allies in Congress have slipped language into […]
TNDP CHAIR MARY MANCINI STATEMENT ON KING v. BURWELL
Nashville, Tenn. (June 25, 2015) — Tennessee Democratic Party Chair Mary Mancini released the following statement after the Supreme Court’s ruling on King v.Burwell regarding the Affordable Care Act: “We are relieved for the nearly 200,000 Tennesseans who will continue to have access to affordable health care. It’s clear that the Supreme Court justices did […]
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Neoliberalism poisons everything: How free market mania threatens education — and democracy
From Salon: Among lefties today, there may be no more toxic and discrediting a label than “neoliberal.” To be called a neoliberal is, generally, to be associated with the worst of capitalism’s excesses — Wall Street greed, union-busting, deregulation, standardized testing, wage theft, privatization, exploitation and so on. In some ways, it’s become a catch-all […]
Sign the petition to Senate Democrats: Stand strong, stop Fast Track for TPP
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Angry Tennessee Republican lawmakers strike back at Hamilton County, other school systems
NASHVILLE — Angry Tennessee Republican lawmakers are using the might of state government to strike back at school boards in Hamilton and six other area counties for suing the state over the adequacy of the Basic Education Program funding formula. The Senate’s and, later, House Finance Committee added an amendment Wednesday night to the proposed […]
TN Republicans vote to undermine pay and benefits
From Tennessee House Democrats: “Tonight the Republicans in the House laid bare their true values, voting to dramatically undermine salaried workers in a multiplicity of ways. Three bills stand out. First, Republicans voted to eliminate longevity pay for state workers – pay that for many years has been provided to longtime employees to reward them […]
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