Clarence Lusane: The Votes That Weren’t Cast
The history of the suppression of Black voters is a first-rate horror story that as yet shows no sign of ending.
Midterms 2022: 4 experts on the effects of voter intimidation laws, widespread mail-invoting – and what makes a winner
Four scholars give us their initial observations on the voting, in an election whose outcome may be be determined by voters’ concerns about the economy and democracy – and whose full results will take days or weeks to know.
Lourdes Medrano: Getting Voters the Truth in a Whirlwind of Lies
In Arizona, voter groups reach out to Latino citizens to combat misinformation spread by election-denier candidates.
Robert Reich: The Most Dangerous Looming Supreme Court Decision You Never Heard Of
As this Supreme Court shows, the future of our democracy is not guaranteed.
Michael Waldman: The GOP’s Next Coordinated Attempt to Steal an Election Won’t Be So Amateurish
Proponents of the Big Lie are removing obstacles to stealing elections in states around the country.
David D. Daniels III: Black Church has been getting ‘souls to the polls’ for more than 60 years
To King and other civil rights leaders, the Black Church was a key institution within the pro-democracy movement.
Mike Schneider: Father Ted & Voting Rights
Republicans have closed polling places, reduced early voting, purged voter rolls, and added ID requirements. Nearly all these changes are in predominantly African-American districts.
Daniel R. Cobb: The Republican Party is a Criminal Enterprise
The Republican Party and allied organizations are guilty of engaging in a lengthy and widespread conspiracy to deny the right to vote to millions of American citizens – low income, … Continue reading
Jocelyn Frye and Michele L. Jawando: Leveraging the Power of Black Women
On the eve of the 2016 presidential election, pundits and political watchers opined on whether the Obama coalition—the multiracial, multiethnic, cross-class coalition made up of African Americans, Latinos, women, young people, … Continue reading
Video: Voter Suppression
Vote. But don’t stop there. Engage, and start the conversation of democracy where you live — in your apartment complex, on your block, in your neighborhood. There is always at … Continue reading
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