Frying Pan News asked writers and activists across the region to share their reflections on the November 6 elections. In this section you’ll find pieces on Obama’s victory, the Latino vote, the media’s misleading coverage, what the election means for women, Long Beach’s historic living wage win and more.
The New York Times' FiveThirtyEight blogger, Nate Silver, had some choice words about Politico, which had taken pot shots at his election-polling skills during … read more.
Looking back on the eight weeks of the Long Beach living wage campaign, I could write about the conversations with voters, or the discovery … read more.
As the 2012 elections approached I started to feel very guilty about the state of the country that my generation, which was born shortly after … read more.
Two thousand workers who clean the rooms and serve the food at hotels in Long Beach, California had special cause for celebration election night. … read more.
Frying Pan News spoke to five voters the morning after Election Day to hear their initial reactions to the outcome. Here’s what they told us: … read more.
Something extraordinary happened Tuesday in Long Beach. A city long dominated by an ideologically driven business sector and marked by token community participation, embraced … read more.
Long Beach hotel workers and community activists made history Tuesday, passing a living wage ballot measure that will help lift 2,000 people in that … read more.
For me, especially once Mitt Romney named Paul Ryan as his running mate, the presidential race became a contest between two Americas: one traditional, … read more.
Triumph of the Numbers Signing off last night, Brian Williams on NBC said something about how the presidential election defied the very idea of … read more.
It’s a curious feeling, this brown-becoming, the “Latino vote” hurling itself over the fence as it were, saving Barack Obama from the ignominy of … read more.
Mitt Romney never had a chance. Even in the media maelstrom that painted an electorate divided not merely between Democrat and Republican, but between rote … read more.
What do weather and women’s bodies have in common? Both figured dramatically this election season, forcing debate on issues candidates would have preferred to … read more.
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Gary Cohn reports on politics and power in the Golden State.
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