For Some Iowa Voters, Caucuses Remain A Barrier To Participation
From today’s NPR News Online: Marlu Abarca has lived in Iowa for a decade and says she now “identifies as an Iowan.” For the past few weeks, she has been…
WA state Senate Democrats advance bill to restore felons’ voting rights faster
From today’s Tacoma News Tribune: A bill that would make about 9,000 felons eligible to vote is moving ahead in the Washington state Legislature, as Democratic senators vow to expand…
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With Poor People’s Campaign, Rev. Barber evokes comparisons to MLK
From today’s Charlotte Observer: When Democratic presidential candidates met for their final debate in Iowa, more than a hundred protesters gathered just outside on the snowy grounds of Drake University.…
Appeals Court blocks purge of 200,000 voters from Wisconsin voter rolls
From today’s Washington Post: An appeals court has temporarily halted the purge of more than 200,000 people from Wisconsin’s voter rolls, in a case that set off a bitter fight…
Florida Faces Rocky Rollout To Restore Voting Rights For Convicted Felons
From NPR News Online: Florida passed an amendment in 2018, promising to restore voting rights for over a million Floridians with felony convictions. But that hope turned to confusion soon…
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A brutal year: how ‘techlash’ caught up with Facebook, Google and Amazon
From The Guardian Online: What goes up must come down, and in 2019, gravity reasserted itself for the tech industry. After years of relatively unchecked growth, the tech industry found…
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The House Has Impeached President Trump. Here’s What We Learned.
From FiveThirtyEight: The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump on Wednesday, making him just the third president ever to be impeached. The two votes fell almost perfectly along…
Kentucky governor restores former felons’ voting rights
From CNN Online: Newly sworn-in Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear restored voting rights for over 140,000 former felons in the state through an executive order, his office announced Thursday. “My faith…
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Trump ‘Ignored and Injured’ the National Interest, Charge Impeachment Articles
From today’s New York Times: House Democratic leaders on Tuesday formally called for President Trump’s removal from office, asserting that he “ignored and injured the interests of the nation” in…
Rep. Duncan Hunter pleads guilty in campaign finance scandal, will resign from Congress
From today’s Los Angeles Times: After years of denials and claims that he was the target of a political witch hunt, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) is scheduled to appear in…