An evening ruling undoing the work of Trump- and Clinton-appointed judges harms Black voters—and shows an activist conservative Court bent on narrowing voting rights.
Voting Rights Act
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North Carolina Still Has a Literacy Test On the Books
Yes, it’s inoperative. But its endurance says a lot about present-day efforts to curb access to the polls.
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Why Oppose Making Election Day a Federal Holiday?
Mitch McConnell chose to ridicule the most popular provision in the Democrats’ voting rights bill.
Posted inPolitical Animal
First Issue for Democrats Next Year: Election and Ethics Reform
This is the kind of legislation that will garner overwhelming public support.
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For Democrats, the Not-So-Fresh Faces Will Matter Most
California Rep. Zoe Lofgren is now positioned to have a major influence In Congress, especially on voting reform.
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Are You Surprised That Georgia is Going Back to Jim Crow Tactics?
Threatened with the prospect of a black woman as governor, Georgia Republicans are going to work to disenfranchise citizens.
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The Democrats Have to Fight for Our Democracy Because the Republicans Won’t
The Republicans are convinced that voter participation is their enemy, which means that Democrats have to fight for voter rights.
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Chief Justice Roberts Is Being Proven Wrong on the VRA
Given what is happening, it is difficult to imagine how he could make the case that racist voter suppression is outdated.
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Being Outnumbered Doesn’t Have to Mean Losing
Zachary Roth’s new book is a scathing indictment of Republican efforts to undermine democracy.
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Journey to the Center
Who knew that Bernie Sanders’s appointees to the Democratic platform committee were into self-mutilation? How else does one explain their willingness to cut off their noses to spite their faces? I don’t quite understand the logic of trying to force the platform to adopt every last one of the Vermont Senator’s preferred issues, in particular […]
