Month: November 2021

Virginia & New Jersey Elections: (D)em Canaries in the Coal Mine?

The Lowdown “The elections are coming, the elections are coming!” – Paul Revere, probably Many democrats woke up Wednesday morning shell-shocked and confused.  Off-year election season is here & it certainly kicked off with a bang. Incumbent Terry McAuliffe (D) was defeated by newcomer Glen Youngkin (R) in the...

#Striketober: Working People of the World… Strike?

After seemingly decades of decline- being punctuated with a flat-lining of power in the years leading up to the pandemic- it appears unions and the collective labor movement are mounting a comeback. To keep it to the seasonal theme- labor may be back from the dead and #Striketober is...