Germany’s Election Will Deliver a Change in Power
The September 26 ballot spells an end to the Merkel era.
View ArticleCreating a Powerful, Broad-Based Moral Movement
Today’s voting rights and economic justice advocates must apply two key lessons from the courageous activists of a half-century ago.
View ArticleGermany’s Elections Favor the Left but Promise Coalition Challenges
The September 26 German elections have confirmed what the polls had been pointing to—Germany’s new government will have a center-left majority.
View ArticleA Message We Must Hear
A review of "Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America."
View ArticleUnequal Justice: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Crisis of Legitimacy
New opinion polling shows that public approval of the court has plunged to record lows—and for good reason.
View ArticleSmart Ass Cripple: Voter Suppression Laws Harm Disabled Folks, Too
It’s well known that laws like Texas’s SB 1 make voting especially difficult for Black Americans. These laws are impacting disabled people as well.
View ArticleU.S. Policy Toward Venezuela Was Never About Promoting Democracy
As Venezuelans head to the polls this November, it’s clear that the United States’ strategy of supporting the unpopular, far-right leader Juan Guaidó has backfired tremendously.
View ArticleWill Minneapolis Radically Reform Its Police Department?
The 2020 murder of George Floyd catapulted the city into the global spotlight amid Black Lives Matter uprisings, and now it might advance the national effort to reimagine public safety.
View ArticleMidwest Dispatch: Minneapolis Police Reform Efforts Falter, But Maybe Not...
On November 2, the city voted against creating a Department of Public Safety to handle non-police issues, but there still might be hope for a change on the horizon.
View ArticleComment: The Party of Fraud
On November 16, 2020, Andrew Kloster, then a lawyer for the Trump Administration, filed an affidavit calling into question the integrity of Wisconsin’s presidential election results. It recounted a...
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View ArticlePass Democracy-Saving Voting Rights Law
Democracy is unraveling before our eyes, and time is running out to do anything about it.
View ArticleMidwest Dispatch: Election Fraud Misinformation Runs Rampant in Northern...
Residents of a county in the middle of the state have successfully lobbied commissioners to relitigate the 2020 election, despite there being no evidence of fraud.
View ArticleAutocracy Is SO Much More Efficient...
I still say a political party with two wrong-headed idiot senators is waaaay better than a party with fifty of them.
View ArticleNation Must Protect Voting Rights
We are still seeing deliberate and desperate attempts to restrict the freedom to vote in our country today.
View ArticleComment: The Fight for Democracy
Forty years ago, I came to Madison, Wisconsin, to work for The Progressive magazine after a stint at a publication founded by Ralph Nader. I admired The Progressive (still do!), and I relished the...
View ArticleUnequal Justice: This Is Still Trump’s Supreme Court
Despite rulings on executive privilege, the High Court bears the indelible stamp of the disgraced former President.
View ArticleHow to Steal an Election
With partisan redistricting and voter suppression laws, Republicans are rigging the system to avoid losing power.
View ArticleSmoking Gun: Voter Suppression, in Their Own Words
Here’s a sampling of some of the anti-democratic views that have been simmering within the upper reaches of the Republican Party—even before Donald Trump became President
View ArticleThe GOP’s Plan to Steal the 2024 Election
Given the polarized nature of the U.S. electorate, a voter suppression boost in swing states could give the Republican presidential candidate a virtual lock on the electoral college in 2024.
View ArticleUnequal Justice: How the Highest Court Is Advancing Voter Suppression
The Supreme Court is turning back the clock on election law.
View ArticleMake America Flush Again
White House staff frequently had to contend with toilets that were backed up with documents.
View ArticleThe Fight Against Voter Suppression
There is a wave of efforts to prevent voters of color from going to the polls, but I believe we can win if we continue to fight back.
View ArticleWe Can’t Leave Race Out of Redistricting
Across the country, states are attempting to suppress the votes of communities of color through redistricting.
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Delivers a Blow to Democracy in Wisconsin
The high court moves to guarantee the GOP control of the state legislature through rigged redistricting.
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