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November 4, 2022
Voter Suppression Is Keeping Students From the Polls
Less than half of Americans under 30 said they were “certain to vote” in the midterm elections. But in battleground states across the country, college organizers are fighting for ballot access.
Mira Sydow
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July 13, 2022
We Still Need Electoral Organizing
Preserving some form of democratic government two years from now depends in part on keeping Republicans from taking over Congress this year.
Rebecca Gordon
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June 23, 2021
Is Performative Progress the Best Democrats Can Do on Voting Rights?
So far, it seems like it. The apparent game plan requires patience, but that’s in short supply among progressives right now.
Joan Walsh
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June 17, 2021
What Republicans Mean When They Say ‘Stacey Abrams’
Mitch McConnell torpedoed Joe Manchin’s voting rights compromise because it was endorsed by the Black Georgia leader. Get it?
Joan Walsh
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April 9, 2021
The Last Time People Tried to Get Baseball to Move the All-Star Game
A decade ago, a similar call to move the All-Star Game failed. What has changed?
Dave Zirin
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April 8, 2021
The Lawyer Behind Georgia’s New Anti-Voting Law
Representative Barry Fleming, chairman of the Georgia legislature’s Special Committee on Election Integrity, has a history of restricting voting across the state.
Timothy Pratt
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January 26, 2021
The Fight to Revive Democracy Has Only Just Begun
Two bills awaiting the new Senate would ensure that everyone can vote—and that their votes matter.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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October 29, 2020
In Key Cities, Activists Are Mobilizing Black Voters Biden Isn’t
According to canvassers in battleground states, the Democratic Party hasn’t done enough to reach out to the very constituency it relies on most.
Colin Kinniburgh
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October 28, 2020
For Black Americans, Being Voters Is Who We Are
Voting is not merely one right among many, an act reducible to pulling a lever. It is an identity that is a marker of full citizenship.
Dorian T. Warren
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October 26, 2020
What Amy Coney Barrett Means for the Future of Voting Rights
Unless we act, I fear a return to Jim Crow regime under which my grandparents and tens of millions of Black people suffered is inevitable.
Mondaire Jones