Red States Are Targeting Blue Cities
After years of extreme gerrymandering and suppressive voting laws to block opposition, Republican-led states are now enacting laws explicitly targeting their Democratic-leaning cities and counties — p...
21 Apr 202330min
What Pennsylvania Tells Us About Our Democracy Feat. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
From attempts to overturn election results to county officials refusing to certify vote totals and Republicans’ continued attacks on mail-in voting, Pennsylvania has seen its fair share of election dr...
24 Mar 202343min
What’s at Stake in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Feat. Ben Wikler
Wisconsin has long been an important swing state for presidential elections, but it has grown into a major battleground in the fight for democracy. All eyes are on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race tha...
17 Mar 202347min
The Right Wing’s Latest Legal Theory
Civil and voting rights groups have long challenged voter suppression laws and unfair maps in court using federal voting rights protections. But the conservative legal movement is now arguing that ind...
10 Mar 202329min
56,000 Voters’ Rights Are at Stake in North Carolina Feat. Daryl Atkinson
In 1876, North Carolina added a felony disenfranchisement provision to its state constitution with the express purpose of disenfranchising Black voters. The provision remains in place today and is bei...
3 Mar 202339min
Mississippi’s Ongoing Efforts to Disenfranchise Black Voters Feat. Arekia Bennett-Scott
Mississippi passed a bill to create an unelected court system in Jackson, a city with a Black population of over 80%, with judges appointed entirely by white state officials. Unfortunately, the propos...
24 Feb 202338min
Blue States Can Do Better
There are 17 states where Democrats control the governorship and both chambers of the state legislature. These so-called “trifectas” should use their power to pass robust legislation to protect the ri...
17 Feb 202337min
What’s Next on SCOTUS’ Docket?
The U.S. Supreme Court is already poised to issue decisions in two major elections cases that could fundamentally alter American democracy, but there are more voting rights cases coming its way. Marc ...
10 Feb 202345min
