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Republicans Don’t Want Students to Vote
Episode 17
Youth voters are making a difference in elections across the country. Instead of celebrating this increased turnout or Instead of changing its polici…
2 years, 8 months ago
Red States Are Targeting Blue Cities
Episode 16
After years of extreme gerrymandering and suppressive voting laws to block opposition, Republican-led states are now enacting laws explicitly targeti…
2 years, 8 months ago
What Pennsylvania Tells Us About Our Democracy Feat. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
Episode 15
From attempts to overturn election results to county officials refusing to certify vote totals and Republicans’ continued attacks on mail-in voting, …
2 years, 9 months ago
What’s at Stake in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Feat. Ben Wikler
Episode 15
Wisconsin has long been an important swing state for presidential elections, but it has grown into a major battleground in the fight for democracy. A…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Right Wing’s Latest Legal Theory
Episode 13
Civil and voting rights groups have long challenged voter suppression laws and unfair maps in court using federal voting rights protections. But the …
2 years, 10 months ago
56,000 Voters’ Rights Are at Stake in North Carolina Feat. Daryl Atkinson
Episode 12
In 1876, North Carolina added a felony disenfranchisement provision to its state constitution with the express purpose of disenfranchising Black vote…
2 years, 10 months ago
Mississippi’s Ongoing Efforts to Disenfranchise Black Voters Feat. Arekia Bennett-Scott
Episode 11
Mississippi passed a bill to create an unelected court system in Jackson, a city with a Black population of over 80%, with judges appointed entirely …
2 years, 10 months ago
Blue States Can Do Better
Episode 10
There are 17 states where Democrats control the governorship and both chambers of the state legislature. These so-called “trifectas” should use their…
2 years, 11 months ago
What’s Next on SCOTUS’ Docket?
Episode 9
The U.S. Supreme Court is already poised to issue decisions in two major elections cases that could fundamentally alter American democracy, but there…
2 years, 11 months ago
Intimidating Voters Is Not Peachy
Episode 8
A major voter intimidation case out of Georgia went to court this week. Fair Fight Action sued True the Vote, a Texas-based, right-wing "election int…
2 years, 11 months ago