Politics Downstate Blues: How a Black Woman Won a Democrat in the White MidwestBy Cecil LarsonFebruary 22, 2024 The 2016 presidential election saw Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton underperform in large swathes of the rural Midwest, areas that have…
Politics Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won in New York. Now her allies are taking over the Midwest.By Cecil LarsonFebruary 20, 2024 DETROIT (CNN) Consider Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's travel schedule. Over the past two weeks, the aggressive new voice of the progressive left…
Politics Progressives won in the Midwest, while Trump was arrested in ManhattanBy Cecil LarsonFebruary 8, 2024 Tuesday was quite the day in American politics. Former President Donald Trump was arraigned in Manhattan and pleaded not guilty…
