voting rights
Texas Republicans Are Trying to Gerrymander Their Way Around Latinos
People of color generated 95 percent of Texas’ growth last decade—but Republicans want to gerrymander the map so it doesn’t have a single new Latino-majority district.
Texas Republicans Can Now Actually Get Fleeing Democrats Arrested
The state's Supreme Court gave its approval to a GOP plan to arrest Democratic lawmakers in order to force them back to the chamber to vote.
Voting Rights Activists Are Planning a Selma-Style March in Texas
“This is our season of escalation.”
Don Jr. Mocks Black Women Protesting for Their Right to Vote
Don Jr. is having a banner week on racism.
Biden Warns of ‘Assault on Democracy’ But Doesn’t Really Do Anything About It
Civil rights groups are furious that Biden still won't call for the Senate to end the filibuster—even to stop what he called a “21st century Jim Crow assault.”
Greg Abbott Wants the Texas Rangers to Arrest Dems Who Fled the State
The 59 Texas Democrats fled to D.C. to push the feds to stop GOP efforts to restrict voting access.
The Supreme Court Just Dealt a Major Blow to Voting Rights
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S.'s highest court upheld two restrictive Arizona voting laws—and paved the way for other Republican voting restriction laws to survive legal challenges.
Trump’s Voting Fraud Claims Got Destroyed Again By the Michigan GOP
But the party still wants to slash voting access, just in case.
This Is How Hard It Is to Vote After You've Left Prison
Over 5 million Americans have lost their right to vote because they've served time in prison.
Republicans Love Corporations… Until They Get ‘Woke’
But there are reasons to think this beef may be overblown.
Republicans Are Making Texas’ Strict Voting Laws Even Tighter
They’re pushing the “election integrity” law even though they admit there weren’t major problems in 2020.
Georgia Republicans Just Made It a Crime to Give Voters Snacks
It’s one ludicrous provision in an expansive voter reform bill just rushed through to the governor's desk.