Voting Rights

Surreace Cox, of North Charleston, South Carolina, holds a sign during a prayer vigil down the street from the Emanuel AME Church following the mass shooting there.

How Can We Protect Our Communities From Homegrown Terrorism? How Can We Protect Our Communities From Homegrown Terrorism?

America must start rejecting the politics of fear.

Dec 15, 2015 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Ford Foundation

Eric Holder on Voting Rights, Black Lives Matter, Karl Rove, and Tupac Eric Holder on Voting Rights, Black Lives Matter, Karl Rove, and Tupac

The country’s first black attorney general candidly discusses the state of civil rights in America.

Dec 10, 2015 / Ari Berman

Supreme Court

Voting Rights Are Threatened Again Before the Supreme Court Voting Rights Are Threatened Again Before the Supreme Court

The same conservatives who gutted the Voting Rights Act are now challenging “one person, one vote.”

Dec 8, 2015 / Ari Berman

John G. Roberts (left), Chief Justice and chief critic of the Voting Rights Act.

Voting Rights and the Second Redemption Voting Rights and the Second Redemption

Ari Berman’s Give Us the Ballot argues that democratic rights can never be taken for granted.

Dec 3, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

Bernie Sanders

Start Making Sense: Bernie Sanders’s Socialism Start Making Sense: Bernie Sanders’s Socialism

On this week’s podcast, Eric Foner on how Bernie should talk about socialism, Dave Zirin on parents and football, Ari Berman on the battle for the vote, and Julianne Hing on Republ...

Nov 25, 2015 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Kentucky Restores Voting Rights for Thousands of Ex-Felons

Kentucky Restores Voting Rights for Thousands of Ex-Felons Kentucky Restores Voting Rights for Thousands of Ex-Felons

Governor Steve Beshear announces a new executive order giving 170,000 ex-offenders the right to vote.

Nov 24, 2015 / Ari Berman

Democrat South Carolina

Let’s Make This a Debate About Voting Rights Let’s Make This a Debate About Voting Rights

All the candidates are interested in restoring and renewing voting rights. Let’s clarify their commitments and make this a front-and-center issue.

Nov 13, 2015 / John Nichols

Worried About Voter Turnout? Demand an Election Day Holiday

Worried About Voter Turnout? Demand an Election Day Holiday Worried About Voter Turnout? Demand an Election Day Holiday

Voters need time to vote.

Nov 9, 2015 / no-paywall / NationAction and Brave New Films

Democrats VRA

Congressional Democrats Launch a New Strategy to Restore the Voting Rights Act Congressional Democrats Launch a New Strategy to Restore the Voting Rights Act

The 2016 election is a year away, and many states are holding local elections today, but not everyone will be able to vote.

Nov 3, 2015 / Ari Berman

Two States, Two Competing Futures for Voting Rights in America

Two States, Two Competing Futures for Voting Rights in America Two States, Two Competing Futures for Voting Rights in America

Republicans will eventually have to reckon with a country that is more diverse, more compassionate and more progressive.

Oct 20, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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