Trump’s Justice Department Is No Longer Opposing Texas’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law Trump’s Justice Department Is No Longer Opposing Texas’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law
Jeff Sessions reverses the Obama administration’s position in a crucial voting-rights case.
Feb 27, 2017 / Ari Berman
Tom Perez Will Be a Strong Fighter for Civil Rights Tom Perez Will Be a Strong Fighter for Civil Rights
The new DNC chair opposed voter-ID laws, investigated police misconduct, and protected workers’ rights.
Feb 27, 2017 / Ari Berman
The Trump Administration’s Lies About Voter Fraud Will Lead to Massive Voter Suppression The Trump Administration’s Lies About Voter Fraud Will Lead to Massive Voter Suppression
Twenty-one states are now considering new laws to make it harder to vote.
Feb 13, 2017 / Ari Berman
House Republicans Just Voted to Eliminate the Only Federal Agency That Makes Sure Voting Machines Can’t Be Hacked House Republicans Just Voted to Eliminate the Only Federal Agency That Makes Sure Voting Machines Can’t Be Hacked
Republicans would make it easier to steal an election by killing the Election Assistance Commission.
Feb 7, 2017 / Ari Berman
Republicans Stole a Supreme Court Seat From Obama—and Are Putting Another Scalia In It Republicans Stole a Supreme Court Seat From Obama—and Are Putting Another Scalia In It
Neil Gorsuch will help Trump wage war on voting rights.
Jan 31, 2017 / Ari Berman
As Attorney General, Jeff Sessions Would Be a Threat to Civil Rights As Attorney General, Jeff Sessions Would Be a Threat to Civil Rights
He will be the most dangerous on issues where the Obama administration has been the most successful.
Jan 19, 2017 / Ari Berman
Jeff Sessions Claims to Be a Champion of Voting Rights, but His Record Suggests Otherwise Jeff Sessions Claims to Be a Champion of Voting Rights, but His Record Suggests Otherwise
He would be one of the most dangerous attorneys general in modern US history.
Jan 11, 2017 / Ari Berman
Jeff Sessions Has Spent His Whole Career Opposing Voting Rights Jeff Sessions Has Spent His Whole Career Opposing Voting Rights
Imagine what he will do as the most powerful lawyer in the country.
Jan 10, 2017 / Ari Berman
Jeff Sessions Could Return Criminal Justice to the Jim Crow Era Jeff Sessions Could Return Criminal Justice to the Jim Crow Era
Sessions’s extreme views on crime and punishment are a throwback to the darkest chapters in American history.
Jan 9, 2017 / Ari Berman
North Carolina’s Legislative Coup Shows What Voter Suppression Will Look Like Under Trump North Carolina’s Legislative Coup Shows What Voter Suppression Will Look Like Under Trump
Republicans have turned North Carolina into a laboratory for subverting democracy.
Dec 19, 2016 / Ari Berman