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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Despite media knocks, Maine’s Graham Platner qualifies as this year’s breakthrough Senate campaign star
Who knew a year ago that a scintillating Maine campaign could be a national spark plug to a new progressive movement?
A climatic presidency
Donald Trump gets hot, hot, hot.
Pendulum justice: The greater MAGA’s orgy of outrages, the more change looms
Under duress, wealth shares its spoils,/ But never forsakes its octopus coils.
US-Iran ceasefire deal opens fragile path out of war as Israel threatens to keep...
The interim framework could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and pause a war that killed thousands, but unresolved disputes over sanctions, Iran’s nuclear program, frozen assets, and Israel’s military operations leave the deal vulnerable before it is even signed.
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.