Election Inflections
Election Inflections: Readings for November
A New Series This week Capital & Main continues to look at issues and individuals that are playing a part in this month’s election.
This week Capital & Main continues to examine issues and individuals that are playing a part in this month’s election.
- Joel Warner profiles California mega-donor Bill Bloomfield’s efforts on behalf of charter schools.
- Bobbi Murray unpacks California Calls’ massive get-out-the-vote drive.
- Maria Bustillos reports from Arizona on how labor and Latino activists are changing the political landscape there.
- Bill Raden analyzes the charter-school lobby’s spending splurge on California races.
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