Tag: Voting Rights Act
On the brink: Supreme Court may endanger Voting Rights Act’s legacy
Facing a historic legal challenge, the Voting Rights Act's future hangs in balance.
The 8th Circuit Court ruling and the future of voting rights...
The court's decision limits enforcement of Section 2 to attorney general, posing a threat to voting rights.
With Alabama ruling, SCOTUS delivers ‘another major blow’ to Voting Rights...
"We must end the filibuster so the Senate can pass voting rights protections," declares the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Hundreds of activists arrested in DC during “Moral Monday”
“I am not afraid, I will fight for liberation cause I know why I was made. I am not afraid.”
What happened to the Voting Rights Act?
There’s no telling what we’ll be able to accomplish when we win the battle for voting rights.
Responding to voter suppression, understanding manipulated elections
Voter suppression has gotten more sophisticated in recent elections.
It’s time to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act
On the 52nd anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, 31 states with histories of racial discrimination no longer have federal oversight of their voting process.
Restoring the Voting Rights Act
This week, the Voting Rights Advancement Act was introduced in Congress in hopes of restoring Section 5 to modern standards.
Republicans responsible for voter suppression in 2016
With a Republican majority currently held in all three branches, there will most likely be a lot more barriers and restrictions in the times ahead.
With voting rights protections gutted, polling places have been shuttered on...
Decisions to shutter or reduce voting locations are often made quietly and at the last minute, making pre-election intervention or litigation virtually impossible.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.