#voting-rights

Power Comes First

REWIRING THE REPUBLIC · COLUMN ZERO · Before the ladder: the strongest case against this entire series—and why I am writing it anyway.

The NAACP Is Making Its Biggest Midterm Investment Ever of $20 Million. Here’s Why It Matters.

Now THIS is EXCITING!

When did the Anti-Civil Rights Movement Begin?

Narrative Internal Enforcement by Rationalization

She Has the Right to Vote. She Wants to Take Yours.

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Who can and cannot vote?

“The vote is precious. It is almost sacred.” — John Lewis. Many individuals including youngsters and adults dream of their country to be a…

The Next Voting Rights War Has Already Begun in Illinois

Why the Lawsuit Against Illinois’ Voting Rights Act May Be About Far More Than Illinois

The Sound of Governance: A Response to Louisiana v. Callais

The recent Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais is more than a legal setback. It is a direct challenge to the moral architecture of…

Alabama Ruling Crushes Civil Rights Era

Terry H. Schwadron

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS

They knew it would come to this. That is the part that undoes you, if you let it — the knowledge that the men who wrote the founding…

Voices in Conversation: Neela -“When Rights Exist on Paper But People Stop Believing in Them”

Reflections Inspired by Neela’s “The Voting Rights Act Is Fine. It Just Doesn’t Work Anymore”…

Civilization. The last page. (246)

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Out of Bounds: College Sports Cannot Escape the Fight for Voting Rights

Sports have always been political.

Better Angels, Broken Promises

The arc of the moral universe [still] bends toward justice

Opinion: Top-two voting is undemocratic, but Californians say they support it.

By Michael Feinstein. Los Angeles Times. May 25, 2018

Pakistan’s Voting age 25: A proposal that no one accepted

They can carry a gun for the country at 18, pay taxes at 18, get married and start a family at 18 — but suddenly, when it’s time to vote…

The Ballot Is the Last Step

On Dark Money, Managed Democracy, and the Election That Was Over Before You Voted

All Bat, No Balls

Hugo Black was a Klansman and a Supreme Court Justice. In 1966, he was the sole dissent when the Court upheld the Voting Rights Act’s…

Expanding the Map & Building Long-Term Power at the State Summit 2026

By Greg Speed, America Votes President, and Daria Dawson, America Votes Executive Director

Voting Alone Won’t Save Us: A Realistic Plan for Surviving America’s Authoritarian Moment

Voting is important and so is what we do before we get to the ballot box.

Why Everyone Should Be Paying Attention to the South

The best way to future-tell is to revisit the past

Two Districts, Two Eras — What Georgia’s Redistricting Fight Is Really About

American is Fighting Two Wars — on Iran and Voting

The republi-KKKon party is scared.

Back to Selma, Back to Fighting for Rights

As a child, when I learned about the Civil Rights Movement, of course it was the whitewashed, sanitized version, the one wrapped in…

Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. Are Spinning in Their Graves

Black men are encouraging others not to vote, and/or clowning for the Right-wing and MAGA

Voting rights and collective open wounds on an otherwise healing new moon in Taurus

Hope you had an empathetic Mothers Day before the moon

VoteRiders: Free Services To Get Your Voter ID

VoteRiders is a nonpartisan group that works to eliminate ID barriers to the ballot box so every eligible voter can cast a ballot that…

The Political Power of Black Cultural Gatherings

Documenting Joy in a Time of Democratic Anxiety

Reframing Democracy: Gutting the Voting Rights Act Hurts White Americans Too

The real danger isn’t “woke politics.” It’s a democracy drifting toward minority rule and permanent power structures.

The Confederacy Rises Again — and the Supreme Court Held the Door Open

On the gutting of the Voting Rights Act and such things

Black Athletes and the South

Since the Southern states are rushing to dismantle voting rights further and redraw districts, there has been a plethora of social media…

When The NFL Took Away Arizona’s Super Bowl

How I Eliminated the Black Vote in Georgia in One Easy Step

You won’t believe how bad the Roberts Court's gutting of voting rights is until you see it in these redistricting maps I made

Republican cheating: coming to a racial gerrymander near you

Here’s a winning strategy for losers: When it looks like you have little chance of succeeding, change the rules. When that doesn’t seem…

The Voting Rights Act Survived Sixty Years. The Supreme Court Just Hollowed It Out.

By Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson

Fighting Back Against Voter Suppression Efforts: Updates on SAVE 2.0

By Zaria Guignard, Manager of Census and Civic Engagement

Get Ready Now: 6 Republican Voter Suppression Tactics and How to Counter Them

How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms — Wired

How to Respond to the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Decision in Louisiana v. Callais

The Court weakened a core protection against racial vote dilution. The response cannot be panic. It has to be strategy.

MOVIE REVIEW: Swing Vote (2008)

An incorrect, wish fulfillment movie sold as civics lesson.

Dr. King wasn’t wrong then and, given where we find ourselves today — his words have stood the test…

Every day we have to put up with this lying, twice-impeached, narcissistic, convicted felon shows that’s so

Mr. Hickenlooper

I receive multitudes of texts from politicians running for ‘Blue’ seats across America. But this one caught my attention. How can I not…

Preparing for Primary Elections in 2026

How and Why Voters Make Their Voices Heard on the Ballot

We Need An Indian Voting Rights Act

Though the 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, prohibited states and the federal government from denying citizens the right to vote based on…

Understanding U.S. Election Laws

How Constitutional Amendments and Election Laws Continue to Shape Access to the Ballot

✊ No More Excuses

America’s Democratic Soul Is on the Line — and the Time for Timidity Is Over

Give Us the Ballot: The Voting Rights Act at 60

The Voting Rights Act, a landmark piece of civil rights legislation, has faced significant challenges in recent years, particularly due to…

When Politicians Rig the Game: The Gerrymandering Crisis of 2025

A Political Heist in Plain Sight

How do billionaires profit by closing your local Post Office? Follow the money!

The United States Postal Service (USPS) to close many post offices — Newsweek

The Significance of Voting Rights for Preference Shareholders in Corporate Governance

An essential part of Corporate Governance is voting rights, which is an appanage for shareholders in exercising their rights to impact…

Why the Voting Age Should be Lowered to 16: An Argumentative Article

In 1971, the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years at the decree of the compelling slogan, “old enough to fight, old enough to vote”…

美國選民身份法如何削弱民主，該如何改變？

嚴格的選民身份法真的能保障選舉公正？ 事實上，它可能讓數百萬名合格選民無法投票，削弱民主的核心價值。本篇文章探討這些法律的影響、歷史根源，以及如何改革，讓投票權真正屬於每一位公民。