voting rights
On California’s November ballot: Restoring affirmative action, letting parolees vote
June 26, 2020Though both measures needed to pass each house of the state legislature by a two-thirds majority, voters can approve them with a simple majority in November.
Read morePostal Workers’ Dimondstein: USPS collapse would disenfranchise tens of millions
April 30, 2020Voting by mail is a longtime cause of both the nation’s postal unions, but it’s even more urgent in the time of a coronavirus pandemic.
Read moreHow YOU can dump Trump: Let us count the ways
April 24, 2020Even under COVID-19 conditions, we can beat Trump in November. But it will take a fight to protect the ballot.
Read moreRev. Barber: McConnell brings ‘Southern justice’ to U.S. Senate
February 5, 2020The coordinated coverup by 53 Republican senators is deeply disturbing to anyone who knows the history of Southern courthouses, where their prosecutors and jurors conspired to convict African Americans.
Read moreHouse bill restores enforcement strength to Voting Rights Act
December 11, 2019Trump’s people advising him to squash congressional attempt to restore protections gutted by conservative Supreme Court.
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