The prevailing belief of the circumstances surrounding 14-year-old Emmett Till’s killing is that he was accused of whistling at a white woman. Yet, the truth is he was lynched as an act of voter intimidation.
Despite the tactics of voter suppression working against them, black people are one of the most stable voting blocs in the US
After a Republican bragged about cramming ‘Dem garbage’ into certain districts, a grassroots campaign has given the power to redraw political maps to the people
A GOP incumbent governor won’t admit defeat. Elsewhere, new voting systems underperform.
No thanks to the Supreme Court — but grassroots reform efforts, pro-voter court rulings, and new political dynamics in key states mean the next round of redistricting is shaping up to be a lot fairer than the last one.
We’re on our way to 500,000 in 2020.
As has been true for over 200 years, the next president will be chosen by an eighteenth-century anachronism. American voters deserve better.
The next redistricting cycle, which begins in 2021, will be a frightening and unfettered orgy of stolen partisan advantage
What are some of the barriers to minority candidates running for/winning office?
The polling industry claims to offer live snapshots of what the public thinks. Yet the obsession with polls is reducing politics to market research.
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