Rena Korb is a professional writer and editor. Her publications span from children’s books to political commentary. She volunteers as a DemCast California captain and as a leader with her local Indivisible chapter. She also is a lifelong activist, attending her first protest when she was 16. She lives in San Mateo with her family and, in non-pandemic times, enjoys playing Ultimate frisbee.
So what should we focus on when it comes to Joe Biden’s candidacy? My answer is simple: the big picture – what
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Photo courtesy of MSNBC First they came for Portland. After protestors turned up for more than 50 consecutive nights, President Donald Trump and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf sent unidentified federal agents, dressed in military fatigues, after them.
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Do you remember back in 2018, when women led the Blue Wave that ushered in a Democratic House and, arguably, brought hope to a country of Trump-exhausted Americans? Women don’t take bullshit
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We all know that saying: As Ohio goes, so goes the nation. After all, since 1864, Ohio voters have picked the winning candidate in 35 out of 40 presidential elections. Ohio’s last
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Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are not serious people, certainly not serious Democrats. It’s not just the hypocrisy, which we have come to expect from Republicans but not from our own. It’s
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AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. What do you think of when you see those words? Is it maybe a red, white and blue flag, or is it a bunch of white guys with powdered wigs?
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For a California girl, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about Virginia. An inordinate amount of time. Why? Because I see your election, Virginia Democrats, and I feel your pain.
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Last year, when I learned that my kids’ school district in Northern California had zero intention of sending middle-school students back to the classroom I started allying with all sorts of people.
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Midterm elections 2022 are only 419 days away. Depending on who you are, this sentence can impart vastly different meanings. If you’re a member of the political punditry, you are likely rubbing
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A few weeks ago I read that California was mandating masks for all public school students in the state, regardless of vaccination status. My heart sank. Then a few days ago I
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At DemCastUSA, we first started writing about the For the People months ago. Yet, what seems to be one of the most important bills of our lifetime, is still languishing in the
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Today my seventh grade twins went back to school for the first time in over a year. We live in California, which sits at the bottom of our 50 states in getting
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