Glenn Daigon

3 weeks ago | progressive.org | Glenn Daigon

“I was without a shower in my apartment, and it was completely taped off for approximately seven weeks,” Arizona renter Justin Clark told AZFamily after suing the landlord of his $3,100-per-month one-bedroom apartment last year. Another renter, Kacie Gettinger, told reporters that the air conditioner in her $2,200-per-month apartment did not work at all in the scorching Arizona heat. Now, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing the companies that own both apartments.

1 month ago | progressive.org | Glenn Daigon

In 2023, Fox News looked like it was on the ropes. The network had to pay $787 million to settle a defamation case brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which claimed that Fox had slandered the firm by promoting the false theory that its voting machine technology helped deliver an illegitimate victory to former President Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The evidence that came out about Fox deliberately spreading lies served as rocket fuel for a challenge to renew one of its television licenses.

2 months ago | progressive.org | Glenn Daigon

Across the United States, book ban campaigns have been one of the most prominent facets of the culture wars launched by rightwing figures and their funders. Book banners have challenged books long seen as educational staples along with new texts featuring topics they would rather students not know about. “Looking ahead to 2025, I feel more hopeful and energized than ever,” writes Tina Descovich, executive director of the conservative nonprofit Moms for Liberty in their 2024 annual report.

Dec 5, 2024 | portside.org | Glenn Daigon

Why Some Voters Across the Country Backed Progressive Ballot Initiatives—and Donald Trump Published December 5, 2024 Earlier this month, a twenty-year-old University of Wisconsin–Madison student named Mike Islami told NPR he believes abortion is “a women’s right,” and that the issue was “definitely in the back of my mind” when he cast his ballot. Islami voted for Donald Trump, whose Supreme Court appointments overturned Roe v. Wade.

Nov 26, 2024 | progressivehub.net | Glenn Daigon

By Glenn Daigon, The ProgressiveThis year, Democratic voters approved a range of ballot initiatives in support of abortion rights, a $15 an hour minimum wage, and paid leave  The Democratic Party spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a reproductive rights campaign in an attempt to capitalize on support for abortion rights, and supported ten state ballot initiatives before voters in states including Montana, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, and Maryland, passing in them all.