Tag: voting rights

"Just as food is essential for the existence of life, voting is essential for the existence of democracy." Those are the words of iconic civil...

Comprehensive voting reform Democrats have been promising since reclaiming the congressional majority this year may finally be within our grasp. HR1, or the “For the...

Despite being accused of "doing nothing," when Democrats reclaimed control of the House of Representatives in 2019, they wasted no time in passing a...

Republicans talk a good game about "democracy" and "patriotism." When it comes down to it, though, waving a flag is meaningless when one’s actions belie...

The Republican party has not legitimately won the White House since Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1950s. Even though November 2018’s mid-term election results were historic, it does...

2018 mid-term elections ushered in a wave of progressive candidates and state ballot measures. One of the most consequential outcomes occurred in the state of Florida,...

On Friday, the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives passed House Resolution (HR) 1, or the “For The People Act,” with 100% Democratic...

As far as electoral politics goes, New York is solidly in the “blue” category along with California, Washington, Oregon, Vermont, Minnesota, and Massachusetts. But even though...

38 days. That's all that's left until mid-term elections. There are those who argue elections don't matter, that the fix is in. And while right-wing billionaires like...

"Is this person a citizen of the United States?" How will you answer this question when it's time to complete the 2020 census form? How do...

On October 1, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) launched a nationwide effort to expand voting rights. Faiz Shakir who is the ACLU's national...

It's been amply established that Richard Spencer is one of the worst people in the world. His life's dream is to establish a white-only...

Civil rights activists were arrested arrested Tuesday during a sit-in at the Mobile, Alabama, office of Republican Senator Jeff Sessions. The sit-in, organized by the...

Over the years, right-wing nutjob columnist Ann Coulter has said some incredibly objectionable and downright racist things. But Monday evening she went on social...

In a surprising but monumental move by an Ohio Federal Judge, a restraining order was issued against the Donald Trump campaign to prevent any...

Former New York City mayor and current Trump surrogate Rudy Giuliani sounded the dog whistle while appearing on Jake Tapper's CNN show, State of...

In Alabama, an important question is being raised; is it unconstitutional to bar people with prior felony convictions from voting? A lawsuit that was filed...

Right wing activist Wayne Allen Root, a man who has offered to be Donald Trump’s “Karl Rove” if he is elected president, had some...

Illinois voters really have it bad when it comes to politics. It’s one of those states where it’s actually true that both sides are...

If you thought the intimidation of black voters was something that disappeared with the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, then you...