Blue Civil War
Asian Frustration over College Admissions Deepens

The Asian American community is quietly growing more and more dissatisfied with the convoluted admissions regime at America’s elite colleges.

Blue Civil War
Hillary Clinton’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ Triangulations

Clinton’s Facebook statement rebuking Sanders and O’Malley on race was part of an effort to compensate for her populist deficiencies by emphasizing her identity politics bona fides .

Blue Civil War
Bill DeBlasio Is Not Enough

As New York City’s true blue mayor reveals a plan to tackle a long-simmering pension standoff with public unions, union leaders are bristling.

Blue Civil War
Rahmbo vs. the Blue Lemmings

Not even President Obama matters to some Dem party leaders in Chicago anymore as mayoral race drives wedge between reformers and true believers.

Blue Civil War
Philly School Reformers to Teacher Union: The War Is On

The Philadelphia school reform commission has thrown down the gauntlet in its fight with the teachers’ union over health insurance contributions.

Blue Civil War
In California, Green Policies Spark Class Conflict

There’s trouble brewing in California’s Democratic coalition, with the stridently green coastal elite facing off with a working class that objects to the costs of their policies.

Blue Civil War
Obama Makes the Trains Run on Time

President Obama ended a transit strike in Philadelphia by executive order. Democrats are increasingly forced to choose between the interests of consumers of government services and the unionized providers of those services.

Blue Civil War
A Turf War Between Unions in Nevada

The AFL-CIO is blocking a tax hike pushed by the state teachers’ union. Two big Democratic constituencies are turning on each other.

Blue Civil War
Winter Is Coming for Wisconsin’s Unions

The Democratic candidate for Governor of Wisconsin hasn’t pledged to restore key parts of Scott Walker’s efforts to rein in public sector unions.

Blue Civil War
California Dems Face Off on School Reform

A charter school leader who promotes school reform is facing off against California’s sitting Superintendent of Public Instruction. Both are Democrats, of course. Is this a sign that the bluest of states may soon break with the teachers’ unions?

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