Voting Rights

Texas Voter ID Law

We Can Have Free, Fair, and Secure Elections—if We Demand Them We Can Have Free, Fair, and Secure Elections—if We Demand Them

Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that. North Carolina’s 2018 congressional revote Tuesday serves as a good reminder that we have to act now.

Sep 11, 2019 / John Nichols

Fighting Poverty

Ending Poverty Will Require a Movement Led by Poor People Ending Poverty Will Require a Movement Led by Poor People

No new census data, policy paper, or talking point will do it. That’s why the Poor People’s Campaign is building “a movement that votes.”

Sep 11, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann

Districts Map

North Carolina Has Won a Huge Victory in the Fight Against Rigged Elections North Carolina Has Won a Huge Victory in the Fight Against Rigged Elections

There is now hope that savvy legal and political strategies really can begin to upend gerrymandering across the country.

Sep 4, 2019 / John Nichols

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction

In his new book, Gates argues that the history of American democracy has always been one of constant push and pull.

Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

Gerrymandering

The Roberts Court Continues to Debase Democracy, With a Miserable Gerrymandering Decision The Roberts Court Continues to Debase Democracy, With a Miserable Gerrymandering Decision

The Supreme Court refusal to address extreme gerrymandering is just the latest example of how this Court majority champions political privilege.

Jun 27, 2019 / John Nichols

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The LGBTQ Struggle Has Always Been Intertwined With the Fight for Voting Rights The LGBTQ Struggle Has Always Been Intertwined With the Fight for Voting Rights

Now, as the right wing intensifies its attacks on voting rights, LGBTQ allies are needed more than ever.

Jun 25, 2019 / Feature / Rashad Robinson

Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell Calls Puerto Rican Statehood ‘Full-Bore Socialism’ Mitch McConnell Calls Puerto Rican Statehood ‘Full-Bore Socialism’

Yet his own Republican Party’s platform endorses “the right of the US citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted to the Union as a fully sovereign state.”

Jun 18, 2019 / John Nichols

The Florida GOP’s Assault on Democracy

The Florida GOP’s Assault on Democracy The Florida GOP’s Assault on Democracy

Last fall, voters overwhelmingly passed a referendum giving the vote back to felons who complete their sentences. Now the legislature is trying to block it.

Jun 18, 2019 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

florida amendment four ice cream truck

A New Poll Tax Will Suppress Florida’s Voting Reform A New Poll Tax Will Suppress Florida’s Voting Reform

Republicans in Tallahassee are determined to thwart the will of the people.

May 14, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Andrew Gillum Campaigning

Andrew Gillum Wants the Supreme Court to Be a Central Issue in 2020 Andrew Gillum Wants the Supreme Court to Be a Central Issue in 2020

“We can’t give that ground anymore,” he says.

May 6, 2019 / John Nichols

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