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The addition of a citizenship question is far more likely to inhibit the successful trial of VRA cases, by increasing the inaccuracy of the Census, than it is to improve the assessment of VRA claims due to greater precision.

A party built on demonizing and attacking marginalized people is a party that will have to disenfranchise those same people if it is to survive.

Foreign anti-abortion money, Facebook ads and canvassers poured into Ireland to defeat its historic pro-choice referendum. OpenDemocracy outlines six methods anti-abortion forces used against the repeal of Ireland’s constitutional ban on abortions.

131 House Dems Help GOP Pass Massive Pentagon Budget That Includes Billions for Expanded Nuclear Arsenal "Instead of a blueprint for peace and security, this NDAA continues the practice of endless war with no input or oversight from our congressional leaders," lamented Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)

Despite an opposition boycott making the result predictable, Maduro received the vote of 28 percent of the eligible electorate, around the same as Barack Obama received in 2008 and more than he got in 2012, or Trump in 2016, despite these being hotly contested elections.

Leo Varadkar vows legal terminations by end of year after huge vote for change

President Donald Trump on Friday signed a trio of executive orders to overhaul the federal government by making it easier to fire federal workers.

Monday’s ruling banning employee class-action suits could open the door to destroying non-union workers' rights.

Chicago poet Daniel Borzutzky blends the surreal with all-too reality in depicting environmental pollution and political corruption.