U.S. District Judge Leigh May, of the Northern District of Georgia, just handed down a decision stating voters would have a second chance to correct signature issues on absentee ballots and ballot…
Dodge City, Kansas is nearly 60 percent Hispanic/Latino, according to Census data. And its all-white city commission just moved its one polling place outside of city limits. So ride-sharing company Lyft decided…
(EDITOR’S NOTE, 10/18/18, 1:02 AM ET: This article has been updated to include a quote from Gwinnett County, Georgia NAACP President Penny Poole.) Little incidental acts of suppressing minority votes in Georgia…
The tax system in the United States is mostly progressive, meaning that typically people with more money pay a higher tax rate. That’s not true in Kentucky, where the highest tax rate…
Georgia’s gubernatorial election is fraught with accusations of voter suppression after GOP candidate Brian Kemp — who also oversees the state’s elections as the current Secretary of State — blocked 53,000 voter…
(EDITOR’S NOTE, 10/12/18, 2:13 PM ET: The original headline for this article, “70% of Voters Purged from Rolls by GA Gubernatorial Candidate Brian Kemp Are Black,” has been changed to “70% of…
If a convict has served their prison sentence, they should have their rights as a citizen restored, including the right to vote: That’s the argument presented by Amendment 4 on the 2018…
A homeless woman recently confronted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at a local YMCA, asking him to build more affordable housing. The mayor couldn’t be bothered. A video posted to…
Last weekend, California’s Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed a first-in-the-nation law that requires publicly traded companies based in the state to have women on their corporate boards. “There have been numerous objections…
Texas state senator Charles Schwertner (R) has been accused of sexual misconduct by a graduate student who was seeking career advice. According to the Austin American Statesman, the University of Texas at…