Tag: voting rights
Trump’s chief vote suppressor runs for governor
Kris Kobach maybe the most important person in America right now.
While democrats chase Russians, republicans keep rigging elections
We can’t resolve the Russian question without more answers, but we can fix what we already know is broken.
North Carolina GOP boasts that its voter suppression efforts are working
Press release celebrates that African-American early voting is down in the state.
Observers sent to polling places to help protect voters
These poll watchers will be sent to places more likely to be affected by racial discrimination, intimidation or other means of depriving voters.
Indiana Officials are Trying to Block Almost 45,000 Black Citizens from...
Police raided the largest voter registration drive in the state with the lowest voter turnout in the country.
North Carolina Slashed Their Early Voting Hours and Now This Is...
The state could decide both the presidential election and control of the Senate.
As Trump Conjures the Voter Fraud Boogeyman, Voter Suppression is the...
Nearly 1 in 3 eligible voters in the upcoming election will be a member of a minority group.
Democracy out of Reach for Some Native Americans
The U.S. has done almost nothing to make voting accessible for some Native American tribes. A federal judge on Tuesday will hear an emergency motion to open more polling locations.
Texas on Short Leash After Defying Court’s Voting Rights Order
After violating a court order intended to protect voters, Texas is ordered to submit all voting material for approval.
Georgia is Using an Error-Riddled Database to Reject Thousands of Voter...
Georgia has seen its fair share of voting issues, but it’s far from the only state that does.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.