fed up with the status quo.

 " Weingarten and Lee Saunders quit the Democratic National Committee, saying it isn’t doing enough to “open the gates” and win back the support of working-class voters" 

"Steve Rosenthal, former political director of the AFL-CIO, the main US labor federation, said the resignations were an inarguable blow to the DNC." 

"Weingarten said she wished the DNC was conducting an all-out nationwide mobilization

 to defeat the  Corporate/Trump/GOP budget bill, which would 

 throw an estimated 11 million Americans off health insurance, 

cut food stamps to millions of families 

and cause the federal debt to soar by over $3 Trillion dollars"  

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"Parenting is not just for pronatalists: the progressive case for raising kids

Child rearing in our current world is a stubborn act of hope. If the left doesn’t see it that way, conservatives fill the void" 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/25/parenting-progressive-childrearing 

"Raising children 

offers a crash course in progressive values. 

 It’s a way of tying ourselves more deeply to the future, 

of feeling the stakes of climate change,

 inequality and injustice – 

not as distant headlines, but as urgent matters affecting someone whose lunch you just packed."

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"The Working Families party, which ranked Zohran Mamdani as its top pick for NYC mayor last month, said his victory marks a “seismic shift” and shows that.

 “voters are thoroughly fed up with the status quo”.

In a statement, the progressive organization encouraged the Democratic party to “take note” and “usher in a new era of leadership”.