By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout Trusted figures such as firefighters and clergy will protect Black, Latino, and Asian precincts that could be targets. After dozens…
It took 60 years for Black Americans to get representation in Congress proportionate to their numbers. Now we’re likely to backslide. Dedrick Asante-Muhammad The United States took a decisive step…
Doug Bock Clark for ProPublica David Harvilicz, who co-founded a firm with a 2020 election denier, oversees voting machine security for the Department of Homeland Security while the Trump administration…
Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams In a pair of Truth Social posts on Thursday, President Donald Trump urged congressional Republicans to pass the voter suppression bill that is stalled in…
"Felony disenfranchisement echoes policies of the past, like poll taxes and literacy tests," an advocate said.
"Mississippi stands as an outlier among its sister states, bucking a clear national trend in our nation against permanent disenfranchisement."
The rejection of the “independent state legislature” doctrine means fights against gerrymanders and racist laws can proceed.
Five House seats may well shift to Democrats in the wake of "Allen v. Milligan."
It takes a constitutional amendment followed by a statewide vote to legalize balloting behind bars. Will it happen?
"Tonight, the people—young, Black, Brown, and working people—expanded the Senate majority, neutralized the power of Joe Manchin, and defeated yet another fascist," the Sunrise Movement cheered.
A delegation of youth from the United States observed Cuba’s November 2022 municipal elections and offer an inside look into a true people’s democracy, where workers decide who will govern…
Bass, a six-term Democratic U.S. congresswoman, won despite being outspent 11-to-1 by real estate tycoon and erstwhile Republican Rick Caruso.
Americans around the country were unmoved by tough-on-crime rhetoric, and instead voted in a string of reform-minded candidates. The results show that it’s time for Democrats to rethink their approach…
By Democracy Now! On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Democracy Now! aired a 3-hour election night special from 9 p.m. to midnight ET. Democracy Now! covered the key congressional races which will…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Despite Israeli propaganda about being a democracy that shares values with the liberal West, the country has for some…
