Tag: gerrymandering
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.
One Of The Most Aggressive Gerrymanders In The Country Just Lost...
Chalk up a victory for Democrats that will make it marginally easier for them to take back the House of Representatives.
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Bernie Sanders promises, if elected, all administration members will oppose fracking and fossil fuels
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced yesterday that if elected for 2020 U.S. President, his administration would only be made up of officials who,...
Avalanche-level liar Trump learned art of deception from the pros: US corporations
For avalanche-level lying, deceiving, and misleading, mega-mimic Donald Trump need look no further than the history of the corporate advertising industry and...
Justice Sotomayor slams the Supreme Court’s ‘new normal’ under Trump
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed Trump’s “third-country” asylum rule to go into effect. It’s the administration’s toughest barrier to asylum-seekers yet, and a...
Deputy resigns after charged with shooting unarmed woman and lying to investigators
Recorded on police dashcam video shooting an unarmed woman in the groin, a Florida sheriff’s deputy was indicted Wednesday on charges that...
The American people will impeach the Republican Party and its members
Based on their record, what they say and what most of them refuse to do, the vow they made has become meaningless.