The Voting Rights Act Is in Peril on Its Forty-Eighth Anniversary The Voting Rights Act Is in Peril on Its Forty-Eighth Anniversary
The VRA transformed American democracy. Now Congress must save it.
Aug 6, 2013 / Ari Berman
Why We Can’t Celebrate Why We Can’t Celebrate
The Supreme Court affirmed the rights of gay people just as it rode roughshod over the rights of African-Americans.
Jul 8, 2013 / Devon Carbado, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, and Cheryl Harris
A New Strategy for Voting Rights A New Strategy for Voting Rights
Activists are already moving ‘from outrage to action’ in fighting the Supreme Court’s awful VRA decision.
Jul 3, 2013 / Ari Berman
Noted Noted
Ari Berman on the Supreme Court's ruling in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Greg Mitchell on the US media and Syria, Dave Zirin on the protests in Brazil
Jun 19, 2013 / Various Contributors
Media Yawn at Barbara Buono, the Only Dem Willing to Take On Chris Christie Media Yawn at Barbara Buono, the Only Dem Willing to Take On Chris Christie
But they heart the Gov, even as his most very special election suppresses the vote.
Jun 11, 2013 / Leslie Savan
John Lewis’s Long Fight for Voting Rights John Lewis’s Long Fight for Voting Rights
Nearly five decades after Bloody Sunday in Selma, he’s in the fight of his life, as the Supreme Court threatens to overturn his signature achievement.
Jun 5, 2013 / Feature / Ari Berman
Our Elections Really Are Rigged—by Gerrymandering and Districting Abuses Our Elections Really Are Rigged—by Gerrymandering and Districting Abuses
Once Mark Sanford won the Republican primary, he was all but certain to win in a district drawn to elect Republicans. That’s how it works in America.
May 8, 2013 / John Nichols
7 Ways North Carolina Republicans are Trying to Make it Harder to Vote 7 Ways North Carolina Republicans are Trying to Make it Harder to Vote
Seventy-five new voting restrictions have been introduced in 30 states in 2013. North Carolina is leading the way.
Apr 5, 2013 / Ari Berman
New Voter Suppression Efforts Prove the Voting Rights Act Is Still Needed New Voter Suppression Efforts Prove the Voting Rights Act Is Still Needed
Fifty-five new voting restrictions have been introduced in thirty states this year.
Mar 28, 2013 / Ari Berman
Voting Rights Are Once Again Challenged at the Supreme Court Voting Rights Are Once Again Challenged at the Supreme Court
In hearing a challenge to Arizona’s proof of citizenship law for voter registration, the Justices will decide what powers Congress has to protect the right to vote.
Mar 18, 2013 / Ari Berman