Voting Rights

A Trump Reelection Aide Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud

A Trump Reelection Aide Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud A Trump Reelection Aide Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud

“Traditionally it’s always been Republicans suppressing votes,” he said. State attorneys general must investigate the GOP’s voter suppression tactics.

Dec 24, 2019 / John Nichols

A Realist’s Guide to Progressive Giving

A Realist’s Guide to Progressive Giving A Realist’s Guide to Progressive Giving

Your tax dollars end up doing a lot of harm. Here’s a way to offset the damage.

Dec 20, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Radical Life and Times of Crystal Eastman

The Radical Life and Times of Crystal Eastman The Radical Life and Times of Crystal Eastman

A new biography reveals how the feminist, pacifist, labor activist, and socialist fused the best strains of American leftism into one.  

Dec 16, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

Take Action Now: Stand Up for Our Climate

Take Action Now: Stand Up for Our Climate Take Action Now: Stand Up for Our Climate

As negotiators this week decide the future of the Paris agreement, it’s critical that we take bold action.

Dec 10, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction

Why Every Vote Matters—Now More Than Ever

Why Every Vote Matters—Now More Than Ever Why Every Vote Matters—Now More Than Ever

After narrowly winning Kentucky’s gubernatorial race, Democrat Andy Beshear will restore the vote to 100,000 ex-felons and end cruel workfare requirements for Medicaid recipients.

Dec 10, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

Election 2018 Nevada Voters

Take Action Now: Protect Voting Rights Take Action Now: Protect Voting Rights

Tell your representatives to reinstate key voter protections, and head to the polls on election day to help guard against assaults on voters’ rights.

Nov 12, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction

Betsy DeVos

The GOP’s Crony Capitalism Is Racing Full-Steam Ahead The GOP’s Crony Capitalism Is Racing Full-Steam Ahead

Special favors for student-loan fraudsters, tax breaks favoring junk-bond crook Michael Milken, continuing purges of voter rolls—this party’s MO is pillage and plunder.

Nov 1, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

Texas Voter ID Law

We Can Have Free, Fair, and Secure Elections—if We Demand Them We Can Have Free, Fair, and Secure Elections—if We Demand Them

Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that. North Carolina’s 2018 congressional revote Tuesday serves as a good reminder that we have to act now.

Sep 11, 2019 / John Nichols

Fighting Poverty

Ending Poverty Will Require a Movement Led by Poor People Ending Poverty Will Require a Movement Led by Poor People

No new census data, policy paper, or talking point will do it. That’s why the Poor People’s Campaign is building “a movement that votes.”

Sep 11, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann

Districts Map

North Carolina Has Won a Huge Victory in the Fight Against Rigged Elections North Carolina Has Won a Huge Victory in the Fight Against Rigged Elections

There is now hope that savvy legal and political strategies really can begin to upend gerrymandering across the country.

Sep 4, 2019 / John Nichols

x