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Surfers vs. the Superferry (Environmental Issues, States, Environment, Politics)

How grassroots activists in Hawaii threw a wrench into plans for an environmentally hazardous superferry.

Jerry Mander and Koohan Paik
Toxic Coal in Tennessee (Environmental Issues, States, Environment, Politics)

A massive coal sludge spill reveals the Tennessee Valley Authority has become a poster child for the failures of self-regulation.

Kelly Hearn
Rockefeller Drugs Laws: Ripe for Reform (Drug War and Drug Policy, States, Politics, Society)

New York activists who oppose the state's repressive drug laws are optimistic about the new political landscape but unsure of whether politicians will embrace the necessary radical reforms.

Sarah Arnold
Push Back on Prop 8 (Social Justice, Gay and Lesbian Issues and Organizing, Sex and Sexuality, States, Politics, Society)

If the courts don't overturn Proposition 8, expect an initiative challenging it to appear on a California ballot.

Torie Osborn
Peach State Promises (House, States, Politics)

Obama should make a serious campaign swing through Georgia to get out the vote for Senate hopeful Jim Martin.

John Nichols
Virginia: The New Florida? (Presidential Election 2008, Voting, States, Politics)

More than two dozen polling places are reported close to a standstill as record numbers of voters cast ballots in this crucial swing state.

Andrew Gumbel
Vermont v. Bush (Bush's Lies, Law, States, Politics)

Charlotte Dennett is running for Vermont attorney general on a platform that includes not letting George W. Bush get away with murder.

John Nichols
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Meeting Myself in Bucks County (Presidential Election 2008, States, Politics)

Knocking on doors for Obama, a native son discovers how things have changed.

Robert S. Eshelman
Bloomberg Beats Democracy (Political Figures, States, Politics)

New York's City Council grants Mayor Michael Bloomberg the opportunity to run for a third term. He'll probably win, but will New Yorkers?

Nicholas von Hoffman
Obamalina (Barack Obama, Presidential Election 2008, States, Politics)

North Carolinians have fallen, surprisingly for Obama. But how hard?

Bob Moser

Blogs

Wisconsin Judge Rules Walker's Anti-Labor Law 'Null and Void'
John Nichols

“Collective bargaining has been restored for teachers across Wisconsin, for municipal employees across Wisconsin,” says a key union leader.

September 14, 2012
Federal Court: Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act
Ari Berman

The court ruling clearly shows how voter ID laws disproportionately harm minority and low-income voters, who are more likely to vote for Democrats than Republicans.

August 30, 2012
Does 'Ryan' Rhyme With 'Suppression'?
John Nichols

Voter ID resurfaces in Wisconsin.

August 21, 2012
In Wake of Voter ID Ruling, Pennsylvania Rep Pushes Myth of Voter Fraud
Voting Rights Watch

After a judge upheld Pennsylvania's voter ID law, Representative Mike Turzai, who stated that the law would “allow Governor Romney to win the state,” again claimed that the state has a history of voter fraud.

August 15, 2012
Will the Threat Ryan Poses to Rural America Swing Swing States? Yes
John Nichols

In farm country, Paul Ryan won’t talk farm issues. Why? His budget is a direct assault on the rural Americans who decide how battleground states vote.

August 15, 2012
Ohio Early Voting Cutbacks Disenfranchise Minority Voters
Ari Berman

The state's Republicans are limited early voting hours in pro-Obama counties while expanding them in GOP strongholds.

August 8, 2012
Cutbacks to Unemployment Insurance Came Long Before the Great Recession
Bryce Covert

Pulling back on support for the unemployed is just the latest side effect of state legislators’ decisions to dole out tax cuts.

August 6, 2012
Ten Takeaways From Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Trial
Ari Berman

The state of Pennsylvania did a terrible job defending its voter ID law—but today a judge ruled it constitutional anyway.

August 3, 2012
'We Can’t Afford It': The Big Lie About Medicaid Expansion
Richard Kim

Citing deficit woes, at least six Republican governors say they won’t expand Medicaid. But closing tax breaks and loopholes for the wealthy would more than pay for the expansion.

July 20, 2012
Wisconsin Recalls Finally Check and Balance Scott Walker
John Nichols

With the formal shift of control of the Wisconsin state Senate to Democratic control, America’s leading anti-labor governor can no longer govern at whim.

July 18, 2012
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