North Carolina’s ‘Monster’ Voting Law Challenged in Federal Court North Carolina’s ‘Monster’ Voting Law Challenged in Federal Court
The federal government and civil rights groups want the state's anti-voting law blocked before the 2014 midterms.
Jul 8, 2014 / Ari Berman
Easy and Instant Voting: A Great Idea Whose Time Has Come, Again Easy and Instant Voting: A Great Idea Whose Time Has Come, Again
Why a forty-year-old plan for universal same-day registration makes more sense now than when reformers promoted it in the 1970s.
May 17, 2014 / John Nichols
Why We Can’t Erase Vietnam From LBJ’s Legacy Why We Can’t Erase Vietnam From LBJ’s Legacy
The fiftieth anniversary celebrations of Johnson’s Great Society agenda should not overlook the travesties of the war.
Apr 23, 2014 / Ronnie Dugger
What’s Next for the Moral Monday Movement? What’s Next for the Moral Monday Movement?
This multiracial, multi-issue progressive coalition is not only remobilizing in North Carolina—its model of activism is now spreading all over the South.
Feb 19, 2014 / Feature / Ari Berman
The Infrastructure of American Democracy Is Dysfunctional The Infrastructure of American Democracy Is Dysfunctional
A presidential commission has proposed steps to make registering and voting easier. But it does not address the crisis of exceptionally low turnout.
Jan 23, 2014 / John Nichols
The Democratic Vistas of 2014: Five Reforms to Make Our Politics Matter The Democratic Vistas of 2014: Five Reforms to Make Our Politics Matter
An agenda of constitutional amendments, structural changes and referendum votes for raises and rights.
Jan 1, 2014 / John Nichols
The New Nullification Movement The New Nullification Movement
Some states are reviving disenfranchisement schemes that date back to the antebellum South.
Oct 23, 2013 / Feature / Ari Berman
Jim Crow II Jim Crow II
A history of the fight for voting rights and the movement to restrict them once again.
Oct 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman
Thinking Like a Conservative (Part Two): Biding Time on Voting Rights Thinking Like a Conservative (Part Two): Biding Time on Voting Rights
Pay attention when conservatives talk to one another: they reveal their sedulous plans.
Sep 26, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
On the Anniversary of the March on Washington, a New Fight for Voting Rights On the Anniversary of the March on Washington, a New Fight for Voting Rights
The right to vote is under the most sustained attack since 1965, but civil rights activists are fighting back.
Aug 28, 2013 / Ari Berman