In E-mails, Neil Gorsuch Praised a Leading Republican Activist Behind Voter Suppression Efforts In E-mails, Neil Gorsuch Praised a Leading Republican Activist Behind Voter Suppression Efforts
Gorsuch’s ties to Hans von Spakovksy suggest a hostility to voting rights.
Mar 17, 2017 / Ari Berman
Trump’s Assault on Immigrants Will Seriously Damage the Economy Trump’s Assault on Immigrants Will Seriously Damage the Economy
The key sectors in which we can expect growth are dependent on immigrant labor.
Mar 15, 2017 / Feature / Herman Schwartz
Fear of Diversity Made People More Likely to Vote Trump Fear of Diversity Made People More Likely to Vote Trump
The 2016 election was really a battle about having an open society.
Mar 14, 2017 / Sean McElwee and Jason McDaniel
Can New York’s Mayor Do More to Protect Immigrants From ICE? Can New York’s Mayor Do More to Protect Immigrants From ICE?
Mayor Bill de Blasio has vowed to protect immigrants from Trump’s deportation machine, but some of his own policies might get in the way.
Mar 14, 2017 / Jarrett Murphy
Blue-State Secession Is Dumb and Cruel Blue-State Secession Is Dumb and Cruel
All States Matter.
Mar 13, 2017 / Paul Blest
Texas’s Redistricting Maps and Voter-ID Law Intentionally Discriminated Against Minority Voters Texas’s Redistricting Maps and Voter-ID Law Intentionally Discriminated Against Minority Voters
Federal courts have now found that the state’s voter-ID law and redistricting maps purposefully targeted black and Latino voters.
Mar 13, 2017 / Ari Berman
Federal Court Rules Texas Gerrymandering Unconstitutional Federal Court Rules Texas Gerrymandering Unconstitutional
The court found that Republicans drew discriminatory district lines. That's very bad news for Paul Ryan.
Mar 11, 2017 / John Nichols
ICE Relents and Releases DREAMer Daniela Vargas ICE Relents and Releases DREAMer Daniela Vargas
Immigrant-rights advocates say that Vargas’s release is proof that resistance works.
Mar 10, 2017 / Julianne Hing
Everything Trump Did in His 7th Week That Really Matters Everything Trump Did in His 7th Week That Really Matters
Mar 10, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter and George Zornick
The Very Legitimacy of Our Democracy Is Under Threat The Very Legitimacy of Our Democracy Is Under Threat
Donald Trump’s presidency is just one element of our disintegrating democracy.
Mar 10, 2017 / Russ Feingold