Upgrade voting systems, restore Voting Right Act, and end voter suppression
From today’s USA Today: In many ways, Election Day 2018 was a good one for American democracy. Millions of people turned out to vote. An unprecedented number of women are…
Kemp Resigns as GA Secretary of State, With Governor’s Race Still Disputed
From today’s New York Times: Brian Kemp, the Republican who has claimed victory in the Georgia governor’s race, said on Thursday that he was resigning as secretary of state, removing…
Election Day: Trump and health care key issues in race for control of the House
From today’s Washington Post: Voters who will decide control of the U.S. House said President Trump and health care were two of the most important factors as they chose their…
GA’s Kemp Accuses Dems Of Hacking; Opponent Abrams Labels It A Stunt
From today’s National Public Radio News: Just two days before facing Democrat Stacey Abrams in a closely watched race to be Georgia’s next governor, the state’s sitting Secretary of State…
Trump’s Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke Faces Increased Ethics Scrutiny
From today’s New York Times: Ryan Zinke, the secretary of the Interior Department and a key figure in President Trump’s push to roll back environmental regulations and ramp up oil…
Google workers worldwide walk off job to protest its treatment of women
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Carrying signs with messages such as “Don’t be evil,” Google employees around the world are walking off the job Thursday in a protest against what…
Native Americans fighting back against North Dakota voter ID law
From today’s NBC News: For more than a year, Tiffany Hunts Along has lived in a cherrywood mobile home high on a ridge in western North Dakota, where she knows…
GA election fight shows that southern tradition of voter suppression flourishes
From today’s PBS Newshour: Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has been sued for suppressing minority votes after an Associated Press investigation revealed a month before November’s midterm election…
FICO Plans Big Shift in Credit-Score Calculations, Potentially Boosting Millions of Borrowers
From today’s Wall Street Journal: Credit scores for decades have been based mostly on borrowers’ payment histories. That is about to change. Fair Isaac Corp. FICO -4.72% , creator of…
Miscarrying at Work: The Physical Toll of Pregnancy and Gender Discrimination
From today’s New York Times: If you are a Verizon customer on the East Coast, odds are good that your cellphone or tablet arrived by way of a beige, windowless…