Equal representation for the nation’s capital residents is a genuine necessity for improving our democracy.
Voting rights
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
The New Jim Crow Laws Aren’t Just About Suppressing Democratic Voters
They’re also about shoring up the Republican base.
Posted inMain, Political Animal, Politics
No More Pretending: Republicans Admit Vote Restrictions Are All About Winning
As one top GOP lawyer says, allowing for mail ballot or other reforms “puts us at a competitive disadvantage.”
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics, Protecting the Vote
Jimmy Carter’s Powerful Message on Voting Rights
He’s monitored more than 100 elections around the world. Now he’s taking on GOP efforts to suppress the vote in the State of Georgia and across the country.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Why Democrats Can’t Wait on Voting Rights
Delaying or giving away too much will hurt politically and morally.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
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.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
The Republicans’ Newest Plan to Derail Voting Rights
After screwing up the Postal Service, they’re now attacking drop boxes.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Obama Got In Some Good Trouble for His John Lewis Eulogy
The former president laid out an agenda to defend American democracy.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The GOP’s War Against Voting Rights
How Trump and Congressional Republicans are trying to make it harder to vote.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Florida GOP Will Do Anything to Keep Minorities from Voting
Republican state lawmakers just passed a poll tax.
