Here Are All the Measures Addressing California’s Housing Crisis
As Californians head to the polls today, one issue looms large: the state’s lack of affordable housing, and how that scarcity has led to crises of homelessness and skyrocketing rents. In February of...
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Our Best Social Justice Stories of 2018
In 2018, we reported on social justice in all its forms—from issues facing indigenous people in Brazil and North Dakota to voting rights in America and online radicalization. Below, we’ve collected 10...
View ArticleMeeting Klobuchar Supporters at Her Campaign Launch
By the time Senator Amy Klobuchar took the stage at Boom Island Park, the snow had obscured the view of Minneapolis, Minnesota, behind her. It could not have been a more perfect Minnesotan moment as...
View ArticleThere’s a Growing Push to Rescind the Medals of Honor Awarded to the U.S....
Native American voting rights group Four Directions is building support for its bid to rescind the medals of honor issued to the United States military personnel who perpetrated the Wounded Knee...
View ArticleThe Democrats’ Voting Rights Bill Could End Partisan Gerrymandering....
On Friday, the House of Representatives passed a voting rights bill aimed at ending corruption in politics. H.R. 1, also known as the “For the People Act of 2019,” would do a lot of things: get dark...
View ArticleCould Washington State Be a Model for Native Voting Rights Reform?
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed the Native American Voting Rights Act Thursday, enacting a state law designed to empower Native American people to overcome the long-standing obstacles they face...
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Why Did the Suffragettes Write One of Their Fiercest Fighters Out of Their...
In her new book, Death in Ten Minutes: The Forgotten Life of Radical Suffragette Kitty Marion, historian Fern Riddell reconstructs the life of militant suffragette and birth-control activist Kitty...
View ArticleIn New York City, Advocates Raise Concerns About Racial Bias in Early Voting...
An analysis from three advocacy groups has found that New York City’s plan for early voting for the 2020 national elections is grossly inadequate and, as designed, will favor white, affluent voters....
View ArticleIs Florida’s Measure Restricting the Voting Rights of Ex-Felons Legal?
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a measure approved by state lawmakers that makes the restoration of voting rights for people convicted of felonies contingent on having paid off all criminal...
View ArticleKey Takeaways From Pete Buttigieg’s Douglass Plan
Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg unveiled new details of his Douglass Plan, a comprehensive program to combat racial injustice in the United States, on...
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