Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote
From today’s New Yorker Magazine: mong the many issues currently polarizing American politics—abortion, climate change, health care, immigration, gun control—one of the most consequential tends to be one of the…
League Of Women Voters Mark Voting Rights Laws With Vigilance
From today’s Charleston Chronicle: The day of August 6 marked the 54th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. For many the monumental civil rights event…
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Yes, America Is Rigged Against Workers
From today’s New York Times: The United States is the only advanced industrial nation that doesn’t have national laws guaranteeing paid maternity leave. It is also the only advanced economy…
Trump won key union workers in 2016. Will Scalia as labor secretary change that for 2020?
From PBS Newshour Online: To critics, the nomination of a labor secretary who built his career fighting unions underscores a President Donald Trump’s attacks against organized labor. But for Trump,…
Trump turning the Department of Labor into the Department of Employer Rights
From today’s Los Angeles Times: No advocates for workers’ rights or labor were especially surprised last week when President Trump nominated Eugene Scalia for secretary of Labor, succeeding the utterly…
Why Gay Rights Is a Republican Value
From today’s New York Times: Conservatives support freedom, which is why they should oppose job discrimination against LGBTQ Americans. This week, more than 2,000 signatories — members of Congress, women’s…
Trump Is Urged to Fire Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act Violations
From today’s New York Times: An independent government agency recommended on Thursday that President Trump fire Kellyanne Conway, his White House counselor, for repeated violations of an ethics law barring…
FACT CHECK: Foreign Interference And ‘Opposition Research’ Are Not The Same
From today’s NPR News Online: President Trump has conflated an infamous practice in and among political campaigns — “opposition research” — with foreign election interference like that launched by Russia…
Clarence Thomas Voted With Liberals in a Big Consumer Rights Case. Why?
From today’s Slate Magazine: On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued a surprising 5–4 decision in Home Depot v. Jacksonthat progressive advocates view as a win for consumers and class actions.…
Deceased G.O.P. Strategist’s Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question
From today’s New York Times: Thomas B. Hofeller achieved near-mythic status in the Republican Party as the Michelangelo of gerrymandering, the architect of partisan political maps that cemented the party’s…