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The Long Tail of Voter Suppression

Michael Barajas Texas Observer
As the growing number of Black and Latinx voters threaten the GOP’s stranglehold on power, attempts to limit safe voting options during the pandemic reveal a deeper sickness in Texas politics.

Amy Barrett and the Corporate Crusade for Control of the Supreme Court

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) NBCNews
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing October 13th.
This week US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) charged corporate dark money is behind a plot, bearing all the marks of a covert operation, to control the Supreme Court and undermine the independence of the judicial branch of the federal government.