How North Carolina Is Discriminating Against Voters at the Polls How North Carolina Is Discriminating Against Voters at the Polls
The state’s new voter-ID law led to long lines and voter intimidation in the March primary.
Mar 25, 2016 / Ari Berman
This Is What Political Revolution Really Looks Like This Is What Political Revolution Really Looks Like
Without these structural reforms to American democracy, even a progressive presidency couldn’t accomplish much.
Mar 25, 2016 / That’s Debatable / Wendy R. Weiser, Rob Richie, and Sanford Levinson
There Were 5-Hour Lines to Vote in Arizona Because the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act There Were 5-Hour Lines to Vote in Arizona Because the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act
Reducing the number of polling places in Phoenix had catastrophic consequences in the March 22 primary.
Mar 23, 2016 / Ari Berman
How to Fight Big Money in 2016 and Beyond How to Fight Big Money in 2016 and Beyond
As Jeb Bush supporters discovered, money can’t make someone a great candidate—but it does function as a gatekeeper for one who is able to run a viable campaign in the first place.
Mar 22, 2016 / Layne Amerikaner
North Carolina’s Voter ID Law Could Block 218,000 Registered Voters From the Polls North Carolina’s Voter ID Law Could Block 218,000 Registered Voters From the Polls
The controversial restriction takes effect for the first time in the March 15 primary.
Mar 14, 2016 / Ari Berman
It’s Not About Trump. Our Political Culture Is Corrupt It’s Not About Trump. Our Political Culture Is Corrupt
The Southern strategy created an us-against-them politics with a perverse idea of morality.
Mar 12, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Will a Conservative Court Uphold Texas’ Discriminatory Voter ID Law? Will a Conservative Court Uphold Texas’ Discriminatory Voter ID Law?
The toughest voting restriction in the country has been blocked three times by the Voting Rights Act yet remains in effect.
Mar 10, 2016 / Ari Berman
Voters Were Blocked From the Polls on Super Tuesday by New Restrictions Voters Were Blocked From the Polls on Super Tuesday by New Restrictions
The 2016 election is the first in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act.
Mar 2, 2016 / Ari Berman
The First Senator to Endorse Donald Trump Is a Longtime Opponent of Civil Rights The First Senator to Endorse Donald Trump Is a Longtime Opponent of Civil Rights
Alabama Republican Jeff Sessions has a lengthy history of making racist statements and falsely prosecuting black activists for voter fraud.
Feb 29, 2016 / Ari Berman
63,756 Reasons Racism Is Still Alive in South Carolina 63,756 Reasons Racism Is Still Alive in South Carolina
That’s the number of minority registered voters who could be blocked from the polls by the state’s new voter ID law.
Feb 25, 2016 / Ari Berman