Tag: voting
How we stop a gerrymandering catastrophe
Our best shot at saving our democracy is right now. It’s time to act.
Mailed ballots boosted 2020’s turnout—will it work in 2022?
New research on the 2020 election confirms that mailed-out ballots boost turnout—especially when there are no bureaucratic hurdles for voters.
Key battleground states considering using digital ballot images to boost voter...
In Georgia, Florida, and Arizona, the GOP and Democrats are weighing a wider use of an essential election record to confirm the accuracy of controversial results.
Joe Biden’s voting rights strategy comes into focus
Laying down markers and filing lawsuits against states that cross lines.
Progressives sweep 2021’s municipal elections across Georgia
The grassroots organizing strategy that led to historic victories in 2020’s elections continued to boost voter turnout in communities of color.
The Georgia way: How to win elections
An oral history recounts the organizing that led to 2020’s historic presidential and senatorial victories in Georgia.
Progressives on Virginia loss: Corporate Democrats have only themselves to blame
The finger-pointing started days before the polls opened in Virginia, a state that has trended blue in recent years and that President Joe Biden won by 10 percentage points in 2020.
How young voters are fighting back against voter suppression
"Young voters have so much power."
The fight to protect voting rights enters the next round
"Nonviolent direct action and resistance should never be dismissed as merely symbolic."
The GOP is trying to outlaw democracy
The goal (and duty) of every public official ought to be maximizing voter turnout—after all, the more Americans vote, the stronger our democracy.
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Trump attacked Ilhan Omar hours before she was assaulted at Minnesota town hall
The attack followed days of escalating rhetoric and public targeting by the president and his allies.
Why won’t Newsom tax billionaires?
Not only are Californians struggling to make ends meet, they also have to contend with a governor who cares more about billionaires and his own presidential aspirations.
Faith activists are praying with their feet in Minneapolis
I have no doubt that the disciplined, caring and prayerful response of the people to ICE will win.
Senator Cory Booker is wrong—ICE doesn’t need ‘better training,’ ICE needs to be abolished
That being said, it’s the wholesale cowardice of the democratic party that is the cause of this disease—fascism.
The United States of consumption
Our trash and our lives, here and abroad.