By Steve Peace / Election reform advocates have been scratching their heads over the failure of statewide candidates in California to tap into the rich vein of independent voters empowered by the nonpartisan top-two primary. Even the leading nonpartisan candidates on the ballot, Steve Poizner for Insurance Commissioner and Lt. Gov candidate Gayle McLaughlin, have skipped the…

By Adriel Hampton and Shawn Kemp  The gap between big media campaigns and canvassing operations favored by the grassroots can seem like a tactical Grand Canyon. But what if you could use advertising to draw a crowd of interested voters ripe for political conversations? And what if every one of those conversations were shared out to the participants’ friends as well as your candidate’s…

As we remember all of the men and women who have died on the battlefield and in active military service, it is also important to think about the many risks we face today when America’s military engages in and escalates violent conflicts overseas.   Let me be clear: The world is living through a perilous, dangerously tense time. Donald Trump’s repeated threats of nuclear annihilation loom…

I recently heard from a young woman named Rosemary Serna, a single mother raising her 5-year-old daughter in Highland Park, Northeast LA. Rosemary works for a non-profit helping adults with developmental disabilities, and she’s also about to graduate with a sociology degree from Cal State LA. The problem is, Rosemary and her daughter might no longer have a home to live in because a Silicon…

"As mayor of Richmond, Gayle McLaughlin helped build a coalition of progressives to challenge the political influence of the city’s biggest employer, Chevron. Despite no major party backing and limited resources, McLaughlin said she hopes to build a 'statewide movement' by tapping into enthusiastic political organizations and 'connecting all the various progressive groups and statewide…

Hi, I'm Gayle McLaughlin, I'm the former two-term mayor of Richmond, California and a corporate free candidate for lieutenant governor of California. With the primaries just around the corner, I want to talk with you about an issue that keeps me and so many Californians up at night. Housing. There are few things that matter more than having a roof over our heads. It's right up there with…

Nothing is more consequential than our fight against climate change. And few people are as consequential in leading that effort than Bill McKibben. Bill is, quite literally, the face of the modern U.S. climate movement. That is why I am so honored, and proud, to announce that Bill has endorsed my campaign for California Lt. Governor. With Bill’s support, we’ll bring the most progressive and…

Left Forum, a 501c3 nonprofit which envisions a world in which radical imagination becomes a tool for self-empowerment that challenges society to build a process for collaborative and emancipatory leadership, will host the Left Forum 2018 conference June 1-3 at John Jay College in New York City. Even though some of the most dangerous and oppressive aspects of America -…