US EditionSherrod Brown keeps Democrats on their toes in Ohio
- Former U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, aged 72, launched the Dignity of Work Institute in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, an organization focused on understanding and promoting the lives of American workers.
- Brown, a Democrat who lost his bid for a fourth term to Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno last year after serving three decades in Congress, aims to re-center the national conversation on workers, stating that neither party adequately addresses their needs.
- The Dignity of Work Institute, which is intended to be non-partisan, will utilize polls, interviews, and other research methods to understand workers' challenges related to wages, family leave, housing, education, and retirement, with its first national poll focusing on how politicians talk about the economy.
- Brown has emphasized that this initiative is not a prelude to seeking higher office, expressing his focus is on establishing the institute, and highlighting the need for an honest assessment of who we are to solve the problems facing the working class.
- Amid speculation about his political future, Brown, along with his wife Connie Schultz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, recently moved to Columbus, and he is scheduled to be the keynote speaker on Wednesday at a Center for American Progress Action Fund event titled 'Working-Class Voters, the Economy, and the Democratic Party', adding his voice to the Democratic conversation about the 2024 election results and the need to fundamentally transform the economy to make working people the winners.
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Sherrod Brown keeps Democrats on their toes in Ohio
All eyes are on former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) in Ohio to see whether he decides to attempt a comeback with one of the two major statewide races in the Buckeye State next year. Following his loss to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R) in November, Brown did not rule out running for Senate again with a…
Sherrod Brown launches pro-worker organization amid election rumors
Former Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown launched a nonpartisan organization focused on workers, months after his exit from the Senate. The new think tank, the Dignity of Work Institute, will function as a nonpartisan organization conducting research about workers in the country. The pro-worker organization aims to shine a light on the challenges workers face in an effort to convince elected officials and the public to pay attention to their ne…
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