Voter suppression

Polling Station Sign

Across the Country, Limited-English-Proficiency Voters Faced Obstacles Across the Country, Limited-English-Proficiency Voters Faced Obstacles

But in southern Brooklyn, they showed they can still swing an election.

Nov 12, 2018 / Richard Salame

Early Voting Wisconsin

Take Action Now: Vote Today, Then Help Others Vote Take Action Now: Vote Today, Then Help Others Vote

In addition to casting your own ballot, you can report voter intimidation and drive people to the polls.

Nov 6, 2018 / NationAction

Information Sign About Voting in Spanish

Vote Aquí? Limited-English-Proficiency Voters Could Help Determine Congress Vote Aquí? Limited-English-Proficiency Voters Could Help Determine Congress

A joint Investigative Fund–Nation exposé shows that language accommodation for voting (or the lack thereof) could swing 20 congressional elections.

Nov 5, 2018 / Richard Salame

Vote Sticker

Letting Noncitizens Vote in the Trump Era Letting Noncitizens Vote in the Trump Era

Undocumented immigrants could cast ballots for most of American history—now a few cities want to renew that tradition.

Nov 1, 2018 / Rachel M. Cohen

Voting ballot box

The GOP and Voter Suppression The GOP and Voter Suppression

Amidst all the campaigning babble, One strategy’s always worth noting: To keep them from voting against us We simply need keep them from voting,…

Oct 25, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A Taxing Day at the Polls

A Taxing Day at the Polls A Taxing Day at the Polls

ignore this…

Oct 18, 2018 / Jen Sorensen

Trump and Putin Football

The Trump-Putin Summit: From Rivals to Confederates? The Trump-Putin Summit: From Rivals to Confederates?

We may be seeing the centralization of world power in the hands of two nuclear-armed megalomaniacs.

Jul 17, 2018 / Michael T. Klare

Protesters pray during a Rally For Our Children event to protest a new

Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to ICE by Canceling Their Contracts With the Agency Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to ICE by Canceling Their Contracts With the Agency

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, June 2018: From Austin to Toledo and beyond.

Jul 2, 2018 / Sophie Kasakove

Voting ballot box

Why the Supreme Court’s Voter-Purge Ruling Is So Damaging Why the Supreme Court’s Voter-Purge Ruling Is So Damaging

The Husted decision fuels the GOP voter-suppression campaign—but citizens have a chance to fight back in this fall’s midterms.

Jun 20, 2018 / John Nichols

North Dakota voter

After Stunning Democratic Win, North Dakota Republicans Suppressed the Native American Vote After Stunning Democratic Win, North Dakota Republicans Suppressed the Native American Vote

A district court ruled against the state’s voter-ID law in April—but with midterms looming, the fight for Native voting rights isn’t over yet.

May 2, 2018 / Roey Hadar

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