Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Los Angeles Times

    Divisions between progressives and moderates threaten to complicate Democrats' new House majority

    by Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times Nov 13, 2018 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - House Democrats figured out how to win in districts that narrowly supported President Donald Trump in 2016. Now they have to figure out how to govern there.

    That's one of the key issues facing Democrats as they prepare to take control of the House for the first time in eight years: How do they strike a balance between progressive voters who are anxious to see Democrats stand up to Trump and more moderate voters in formerly Republican districts who decided to pull the lever for Democrats last week?

    Both constituencies will be pivotal to shaping the party's identity ahead of 2020, when Democrats will be trying to hang onto the House while Trump runs for re-election. Moderates and progressive

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Times2 min readInternational Relations
    Editorial: Biden’s Limit On Bomb Shipments To Israel May Finally Get Netanyahu’s Attention
    In quietly halting a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel last week, President Joe Biden at last began exercising U.S. leverage to halt a full-scale invasion of Rafah, the final refuge in Gaza for about a million Palestinians displaced by Israeli
    Los Angeles Times7 min readWorld
    Jewish Families Say Anti-Israel Messaging In Bay Area Classrooms Is Making Schools Unsafe
    In the weeks after Hamas' deadly cross-border attacks on Israeli border towns and Israel's ensuing bombardment of Gaza, a seventh-grade Jewish student at Roosevelt Middle School in San Francisco grew accustomed to seeing her classmates display their
    Los Angeles Times3 min readCrime & Violence
    Alleged Violin Thief Also Robbed A Bank, Prosecutors Say, With Note That Said 'Please' And 'Thx'
    LOS ANGELES — The violins were expensive — and very, very old. They included a Caressa & Francais, dated 1913 and valued at $40,000. A $60,000 Gand & Bernardel, dated 1870. And a 200-year-old Lorenzo Ventapane violin, worth $175,000. For more than tw

    Related Books & Audiobooks