How the Mayweather-Pacquiao Saga Reminds Us of the Voter ID Game How the Mayweather-Pacquiao Saga Reminds Us of the Voter ID Game
In both boxing and voting cases the strategy is the same: keep the opponent away.
Sep 21, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Wanna Protect Your Vote? There’s an App for That Wanna Protect Your Vote? There’s an App for That
Looking to find out how to register your vote? These social media apps can help.
Sep 21, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado, Voting Rights Watch, and Maegan E. Ortiz
The ‘Lazy’ ’47 Percent’ Vote The ‘Lazy’ ’47 Percent’ Vote
The chief sponsor of Pennsylvania’s voter ID throws in his thoughts on the “47 percent.”
Sep 20, 2012 / Blog / Ari Berman
PA Supreme Court Doubts the State Can Comply With Its Own Voter ID Law PA Supreme Court Doubts the State Can Comply With Its Own Voter ID Law
Law expert says the state can change the law again to win judge's approval.
Sep 19, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Occupy Your Victories Occupy Your Victories
Those claiming Occupy has failed already forget what other social justice sucesses have taught us: change is slow.
Sep 17, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit
Strike Against Inequality Strike Against Inequality
A strike in the country's most segregated school district is about more than union politics.
Sep 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Christie Thompson
The Racial Burdens Obscured by Voter ID Laws The Racial Burdens Obscured by Voter ID Laws
The burdens of voters of color in Pennsylvania continue to be overlooked by the state’s lawyers.
Sep 14, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Why Native Women Need VAWA (VIDEO) Why Native Women Need VAWA (VIDEO)
Republican House leadership continues to block passage of the Violence Against Women Act. No one suffers the consequences of this political gamesmanship more than Native women.
Sep 11, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
Why You Should Be Very Afraid of This Year’s Ballot Bullies Why You Should Be Very Afraid of This Year’s Ballot Bullies
Another report pulls up the curtain on the Tea Party–propelled voter intimidation network.
Sep 10, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch
The Racial Politics Behind the Right Wing’s Poll-Watching The Racial Politics Behind the Right Wing’s Poll-Watching
A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice spells out the hyper-partisan and racially charged impact of efforts to police the polls in November.
Sep 6, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch and Brentin Mock