Texas’s SB 4 Is the Most Dramatic State Crackdown Yet on Sanctuary Cities Texas’s SB 4 Is the Most Dramatic State Crackdown Yet on Sanctuary Cities
The law is Texas’s acknowledgement that the federal government is dependent on local law enforcement to carry out its deportation agenda.
Jun 1, 2017 / StudentNation / Julianne Hing
The Outcome of This Obscure Lawsuit Could Undermine Constitutional Government The Outcome of This Obscure Lawsuit Could Undermine Constitutional Government
The Georgia Supreme Court is about to decide whether citizens can sue the state. It’s chilling to imagine what could happen if the justices say they cannot.
May 31, 2017 / Cara Sabatini
The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier for States to Purge Voters The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier for States to Purge Voters
The Court has decided to hear a new case from Ohio, where Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to be purged from the rolls in the state’s largest counties.
May 30, 2017 / Ari Berman
No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning. No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning.
The demand for fundamental change sparked by the Sanders insurgency is still building inside and outside the Democratic Party.
May 30, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Who Did Andrew Cuomo Leave Out of His ‘Tuition-Free’ Plan? Undocumented Students. Who Did Andrew Cuomo Leave Out of His ‘Tuition-Free’ Plan? Undocumented Students.
The majority of CUNY students take classes part-night or at night, making it virtually impossible to cross the 30 credit threshold.
May 30, 2017 / StudentNation / Brandon Jordan
Democrats Are Launching a Commission to Protect American Democracy From Trump Democrats Are Launching a Commission to Protect American Democracy From Trump
In response to Trump’s “election integrity” commission, the DNC is going on offense on voting rights.
May 25, 2017 / Ari Berman
California Takes Center Stage in the Resistance to Trump California Takes Center Stage in the Resistance to Trump
The state Democratic Party has been moving rapidly to the left—and because it has a supermajority, that portends big social reforms.
May 23, 2017 / Sasha Abramsky
The Case Against ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bills The Case Against ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bills
Hate-crimes laws make sense for groups that have been historically discriminated against. Police officers don’t qualify.
May 23, 2017 / Collier Meyerson
North Carolina Is Once Again Found Guilty of Discriminating Against Black Voters North Carolina Is Once Again Found Guilty of Discriminating Against Black Voters
The Supreme Court strikes down two of the state’s congressional districts as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders.
May 22, 2017 / Ari Berman
The Rev. William Barber Is Bringing MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign Back to Life The Rev. William Barber Is Bringing MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign Back to Life
Barber is stepping down from his post at the North Carolina NAACP to lead what he calls a “national moral revival.”
May 19, 2017 / Dani McClain