Our Shrinking Democracy Our Shrinking Democracy
The powerful voices are few and the number of meaningful votes are dwindling, fast. How did we get here?
Aug 21, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ari Berman: Why Have Republicans Flip-Flopped on Early Voting? Ari Berman: Why Have Republicans Flip-Flopped on Early Voting?
The GOP never railed against the cost of early voting until it was something Democrats were using.
Aug 20, 2012 / Press Room
Ohio GOP Admits Early Voting Cutbacks Are Racially Motivated Ohio GOP Admits Early Voting Cutbacks Are Racially Motivated
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted takes drastic action to limit early voting hours in Ohio.
Aug 20, 2012 / Ari Berman
What’s Ahead in the ‘Voting Wars’? Certainly Not Peace What’s Ahead in the ‘Voting Wars’? Certainly Not Peace
A conversation with election law expert Richard Hasen on the true scope of voter fraud, the power of the ACORN myth and John Roberts’s scary interest in the Voting Rights Act...
Aug 17, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Paul Ryan Doesn’t Follow Ayn Rand on Civil Liberties Paul Ryan Doesn’t Follow Ayn Rand on Civil Liberties
For all his talk of being guided by the libertarian philosopher, his record is weak on individual freedom.
Aug 15, 2012 / Ben Adler
Partisan Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Wrongly Upheld by Court Partisan Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Wrongly Upheld by Court
A Pennsylvania Republican judge refuses to block the state's unjust, unnecessary and discriminatory voter ID law.
Aug 15, 2012 / Ari Berman
Ohio Early Voting Cutbacks Disenfranchise Minority Voters Ohio Early Voting Cutbacks Disenfranchise Minority Voters
The state's Republicans are limited early voting hours in pro-Obama counties while expanding them in GOP strongholds.
Aug 8, 2012 / Ari Berman
Omar Jadwat: Stopping Racial Profiling in Arizona Omar Jadwat: Stopping Racial Profiling in Arizona
How do you put a human face on an injustice that so often goes under the radar?
Aug 6, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
The Glaring Problem With National Starbucks Appreciation Day The Glaring Problem With National Starbucks Appreciation Day
Since when did giving millions of dollars to already wealthy corporations become a protest?
Aug 4, 2012 / Cord Jefferson
Ten Takeaways From Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Trial Ten Takeaways From Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Trial
The state of Pennsylvania did a terrible job defending its voter ID law—but today a judge ruled it constitutional anyway.
Aug 3, 2012 / Ari Berman