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Voting Rights Act Of 1965
voting rights
Jan. 19, 2021
Democrats Push Voting-Rights Expansion With Fresh Urgency
Republicans will block the reforms, but at the price of underlining an authoritarian strain in their thinking that will outlive Trump’s presidency.
By
Ed Kilgore
filibuster reform
July 20, 2020
Could Civil Rights Force Democrats to Kill the Filibuster?
Voting rights and racial-justice legislation may provide the perfect reason for Democrats to unite in favor of filibuster reform.
By
Ed Kilgore
john lewis
July 3, 2020
John Lewis’s Lifelong Struggle for Voting Rights Isn’t Over
Once it looked like Obama’s election represented the culmination of John Lewis’s career. A new documentary shows battles for old causes persist.
By
Ed Kilgore
super tuesday
Mar. 3, 2020
Texas, Super Tuesday Juggernaut, Is a Voting-Rights Nightmare
New analysis from the
Guardian
shows that Texas leads the American South in poll-site closures since 2012.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
voter suppression
Dec. 13, 2019
Georgia Is Really Good at Making It Hard for Black People to Vote, Study Finds
A new analysis reveals the impact of precinct closures and poll-site relocations on voter turnout.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
voting rights
Mar. 21, 2019
Democrats’ Voting-Rights Push Could Begin a Third Reconstruction
Partisan polarization over voting rights shows how much political power, now as in the 1860s and 1960s, depends on who participates in democracy.
By
Ed Kilgore
race
Dec. 11, 2018
Surprise: Black Voters Still Don’t Like Donald Trump
Trump’s claim he would get 95 percent of the black vote in 2020 is looking like absolutely the polar opposite of reality.
By
Ed Kilgore
voting rights
Nov. 26, 2018
Why a National Campaign for Voting Rights Is Essential
While a constitutional voting-rights amendment is unlikely, a national campaign could do much good, and Democrats are foolish if they don’t pursue it.
By
Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 16, 2018
Brian Kemp’s Fake Crusade for Election Integrity in Georgia
He claims he’s fighting fraud. But the Republican secretary of state is actually disenfranchising voters while ignoring real infrastructure problems.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
Aug. 24, 2018
Georgia County Debacle Shows Why We Need a Voting-Rights Act With Teeth
It took an army of lawyers, activists, journalists, and citizens to provide the scrutiny the Voting Rights Act of 1965 used to make routine.
By
Ed Kilgore
voting rights
Aug. 20, 2018
Georgia County Trying to Close Most of Its Polling Places
The move is a dramatic attack on voting opportunities in a small county.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 11, 2018
Supreme Court Opens Door to More Red-State Voter Purges
In a 5-4 decision, SCOTUS finds a rationale for policing voting rolls in ways that disproportionately affect minorities.
By
Ed Kilgore