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 / Sasha Abramsky
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 / NationAction
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 / Sasha Abramsky
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
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
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
Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction
In his new book, Gates argues that the history of American democracy has always been one of constant push and pull.
Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
The Roberts Court Continues to Debase Democracy, With a Miserable Gerrymandering Decision The Roberts Court Continues to Debase Democracy, With a Miserable Gerrymandering Decision
The Supreme Court refusal to address extreme gerrymandering is just the latest example of how this Court majority champions political privilege.
Jun 27, 2019 / John Nichols
The LGBTQ Struggle Has Always Been Intertwined With the Fight for Voting Rights The LGBTQ Struggle Has Always Been Intertwined With the Fight for Voting Rights
Now, as the right wing intensifies its attacks on voting rights, LGBTQ allies are needed more than ever.
Jun 25, 2019 / Feature / Rashad Robinson
Mitch McConnell Calls Puerto Rican Statehood ‘Full-Bore Socialism’ Mitch McConnell Calls Puerto Rican Statehood ‘Full-Bore Socialism’
Yet his own Republican Party’s platform endorses “the right of the US citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted to the Union as a fully sovereign state.”
Jun 18, 2019 / John Nichols