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#VotingRights Update: Group Targets GOP States to Attack Gerrymandering

February 7, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama intends to pour millions of dollars into an eclectic array of elections in a dozen states,…

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MLK Day 2018, A Time to Reflect on Socio-Economic Injustice In All Forms

January 15, 2018 Editor

In honor of MLK Day, we post a short educational video here with excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr. and James Baldwin that draw the connection between racial injustice and…

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In win for #VotingRights, Federal Court Rules NC Electoral Map Unconstitutional

January 10, 2018 Editor

From the New York Times: A panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina’s congressional map on Tuesday, condemning it as unconstitutional because Republicans had drawn the map seeking a…

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Trump says Flynn’s actions during presidential transition were lawful

December 2, 2017 Editor

From today’s Reuter’s News Service: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that actions by his disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn during the presidential transition were lawful and…

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We’re With Stupid: On Fake News and the Literacy of America’s Electorate

November 20, 2017 Editor

From New York Times by Timothy Egan (Nov. 17, 2017): It would be much easier to sleep at night if you could believe that we’re in such a mess of…

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Federal Judge Blocks Texas Effort to Suppress Minority Voters with ID Law

August 24, 2017 Editor

Yesterday a federal judge in Houston blocked the state of Texas from enacting a revised version of its “Voter ID Law.” Known as Senate Bill 5, the legislation was revised…

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In MT Special Election, Voters Must Reject GOP candidate Greg Gianforte

May 25, 2017 Editor

Not only is freedom of the press under assault from the rise of “fake news” and the lack of critical thinking in this country, it is also under physical threat…

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How Tech Companies are Waging “Psyops” Warfare on American and British Democracies

May 8, 2017 Editor

From yesterday’s Guardian by Carole Cadwalladr: In June 2013, a young American postgraduate called Sophie was passing through London when she called up the boss of a firm where she’d…

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How Democrats Can Win in the West

May 6, 2017 Editor

From yesterday’s New York Times Opinion Section by Gov. Steve Bullock (D-MT): HELENA, MONT. — I AM no fan of Neil Gorsuch or his legal theories, but his appointment to…

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Storm wreckage to disrupt election

November 4, 2012 Editor

Election Day is just two days away. The cost of Hurricane Sandy to the region is estimated to be around $60 billion. While the clean up crawls forward, tensions in…