Tag: gerrymandering
How we stop a gerrymandering catastrophe
Our best shot at saving our democracy is right now. It’s time to act.
Just 6% of US House seats expected to be competitive thanks...
The vast majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are becoming non-competitive.
Close the 3 loopholes that are harming the 2020 election
We can do it with H.R. 1, a historic bill that would make it easier to vote, transform campaign financing, and ban partisan gerrymandering.
Late GOP gerrymandering mastermind’s daughter publishes his secret files
“These are matters that concern the people and their franchise and their access to resources.”
Supreme Court hands GOP big victory on gerrymandering, ensuring “massive election...
The ruling that federal courts can’t resolve claims of partisan gerrymandering is “almost guaranteed to facilitate massive election rigging in the future.”
‘Fiasco for democracy’ as right-wing supreme court gives green light to...
In a decision voting rights advocates warned could open the floodgates for even more extreme and undemocratic redistricting than what is already...
More Americans are suing over gerrymandered state maps – but the...
The public is more aware of partisan gerrymandering than ever – and less supportive of it.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, June 18, 2018
Separating families at the border, the Poor People's Campaign, Republicans and the NRA fight against gun regulations, and more.
How we’re fighting to save democracy from bribery and gerrymandering, one...
In Pennsylvania, the democratic system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
Progressives must challenge extreme gerrymandering by the GOP
Because of the extent of gerrymandering already institutionalized, it is very unlikely that Democrats can improve their position dramatically in 2018.
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The perilous path from western domination to de-dollarization
De-dollarization is a road fraught with many challenges.
Trump World 2025
The most terrifying war that Trump is planning is his attack on America.
Senate Dems want to cancel all student lunch debt—a ‘term so absurd that it...
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman said the aim of the bill is to "stop humiliating kids and penalizing hunger."
Climate campaigners decry ‘absolutely horrendous’ brutality against protesters at fed summit
"We have no choice but to take direct action to put our bodies on the line because petitions, sign-waving, and chanting—we tried that for the past 50 years and it hasn't worked, and we're out of time," said one arrested activist.
Switzerland loses 10% of glacier volume in just two years
“Glaciers are the ambassadors of climate change. They make it very clear what is happening out there because they respond in a very sensitive way to warming temperatures.”