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November 10, 2020
Trump Is Trying to Overturn the Election, but I’m Not Panicking—Yet
All the reasons I think the Trump-GOP gambit to deny Biden’s victory will not change the fact that he will become president on January 20.
Elie Mystal
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November 5, 2020
Athletes Are No Substitute for a Functioning Government
Patrick Mahomes and LeBron James have tried to help people vote this election season, but it’s not their job.
Dave Zirin
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November 2, 2020
The Next Battle Is to Stop Trump From Sabotaging the Count
The White House election endgame is declaring victory before the votes are counted to prevent a full tally. Progressives need a strategy to stop this.
Jeet Heer
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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 29, 2020
If You Can’t Speak English, Good Luck Voting in Trump’s America
The Department of Justice has left millions of voters who need language help without government protection.
Richard Salame
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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 27, 2020
Trump Attempts One More Preelection Power Grab
An executive order establishing new hiring and firing practices will, if he is reelected, give him extraordinary control over almost the entire civil service.
Sasha Abramsky
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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
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October 16, 2020
Texas and the Long Tail of Voter Suppression
As the growing number of Black and Latinx voters threaten the GOP’s stranglehold on power, attempts to limit safe voting options during the pandemic reveal a deeper sickness in Texas politics.
Michael Barajas and The Texas Observer
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October 13, 2020
Trump Deploys the Strongman’s Playbook
There seems to be no limit to the damage he’s willing to inflict on the country’s democratic structures in his efforts to save his chances for reelection.
Sasha Abramsky