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Election Day Discipline, and What Comes After

Sherrilyn Ifill Sherrilyn’s Newsletter
What is most important is that we hold on to our democratic discipline. Democrats must lay the foundation for structural transformation that can better support a re-imagined and resilient democracy, beginning with hearings on Supreme Court reform.

The Return of Child Labor

Alice Driver The New York Review of Books
The rollback of child labor protections in Arkansas over the past several years is part of an increasingly politicized campaign underway across the country.

Trump’s Final Battle To Sabotage the Midterms

Marjorie Cohn Truthout
Speaker Mike Johnson could block the seating of victorious Democrats in the House of Representatives on January 3. On Jan 6, 2021, Trump ordered then-Vice President Mike Pence to violate his constitutional duty to certify the duly elected electors

Tidbits-Sept. 17: Reader Comments: Supremes Rebuff Trump on Mail Voting; What Kind of Candidates Dems Run in Future; Reader Offers Advice to Rural Alaska Minimum Wage Fight; Resource for Fair, Free Elections; Special Event in Honor of the UN Charter

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Reader Comments: Supreme Courts Rebuffs Trump on Mail Voting; What Kind of Candidates Democrats Run in Future; Reader Offers Advice to Rural Alaska Minimum Wage Fight; Resource for Fair and Free Elections; A Special Event in Honor of the UN Charter.

A Casualty of a Cruel Immigration Policy

Naomi Bethune The American Prospect
Pierre Damas Bel, 20, died by suicide after being fitted with a tracking device by ICE. ‘That ankle monitor is what killed him,’ a family friend said.
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