As Florence Makes Landfall, Poorest Once More Likely to Suffer Most From Storm's Destruction
"These disasters drag into the light exactly who is already being thrown away," notes Naomi Klein
A Federal Budget That Connects the Dots and Works for All
After 20 nationally televised, occasionally entertaining, sometimes appalling debates, our presidential candidates this cycle have discussed a number of important issues: immigration policy, gun safety, health care, taxes, U.S. involvement in the Middle East, and the mounting crisis of student debt, just to name a few.
America “Is Moving Towards Two Societies, One White, One Black — Separate and Unequal”
Some of you may remember the Kerner Commission, but many younger members of our audience probably will not. The Kerner Report should be required reading for policymakers and anyone trying to understand how we got to where we are now in terms of the black experience in America, the history of the ghetto and government’s responsibility to its citizens.
The uninsured in U.S. raise Ebola risk
Fear of Ebola has been climbing steadily in the United States since Tuesday's announcement that a Liberian traveler in Dallas, Thomas Eric Duncan, was diagnosed with the disease after having been in Texas for eight days. A month ago, a Harvard School of Public Health poll found that 39 percent of Americans thought an Ebola outbreak would come to the United States, and 26 percent felt concerned that they or a member of their family would get the disease.
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Trump administration's voter suppression attempts ahead of midterms are not only 'morally wrong,' they're illegal
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Democrats Just Won a Major Victory in Virginia
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'Jim Crow-Era Tactics' Rejected as Texas GOP Racist Voter ID Law Smacked Down
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Repealing the Jim Crow law that keeps 1.5 million Floridians from voting.
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Bid to restore felons’ voting rights draws broad support
A bill that seeks to restore voting rights for certain felons is drawing diverse support from groups including the Washoe…
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The System IS Rigged!—The Electoral College and the 2016 Election
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Clinton Campaign Joins Jill Stein’s Recount Of Votes In Wisconsin
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Jill Stein’s Recount Effort Raises Millions In Just Hours
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein’s call to raise funds to support vote recounts in three key states was met…
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Indiana officials are trying to block almost 45,000 black citizens from voting
Police raided the largest voter registration drive in the state with the lowest voter turnout in the country.
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A 90-Year-Old Woman Who’s Voted Since 1948 Was Disenfranchised by Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law
Voting-rights groups are asking a federal court to block the law before the November election.
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Protecting the Right to Vote in the 2016 Elections
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Court Says Ohio's Voter Purge is Illegal, But Will Rolls Be Restored in Time for Election?
Ohio's policy is said to be the most aggressive in the nation with more than 2 million registered voters removed…
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Virginia Supreme Court slaps down Republicans’ attempt to block ex-felons from voting
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Norment proposes path to voting rights for nonviolent felons; McAuliffe calls it 'step backward'
Virginia Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr. announced Thursday that he’ll introduce a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting…
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Virginia Republicans seek to block governor's voting rights restoration
Virginia Republican leaders said they will file a contempt motion on Wednesday against Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe over his efforts…
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Trump administration's voter suppression attempts ahead of midterms are not only 'morally wrong,' they're illegal +
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ACLU Blueprints Offer Vision to Cut US Incarceration Rate in Half by Prioritizing 'People Over Prisons' +
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As Florence Makes Landfall, Poorest Once More Likely to Suffer Most From Storm's Destruction +
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How about some good news? Kansas Democratic Representative advances bill for Native Peoples. +
How about some good news? Kansas Democratic Representative advances bill for Native Peoples. Read More
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How One Dying Man Changed The Debate About The Tax Bill +
What mattered was that he showed up — that he put himself in front of the people whose opinions on… Read More
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Democrats Just Won a Major Victory in Virginia +
On a night of Democratic victories, one of the most significant wins came in Virginia, where the party held onto… Read More
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Repealing the Jim Crow law that keeps 1.5 million Floridians from voting. +
A seismic political battle that could send shockwaves all the way to the White House was launched last week in… Read More
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Nuclear Weapons: Who Pays, Who Profits? +
In an interview with Reuters conducted a month after he took office, Donald Trump asserted that the U.S. had “fallen… Read More
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Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy +
Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed… Read More
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Trump administration's voter suppression attempts ahead of midterms are not only 'morally wrong,' they're illegal +
Imagine going to the polls on Election Day and discovering that your ballot could be collected and reviewed by the… Read More
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Democrats Just Won a Major Victory in Virginia +
On a night of Democratic victories, one of the most significant wins came in Virginia, where the party held onto… Read More
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Repealing the Jim Crow law that keeps 1.5 million Floridians from voting. +
A seismic political battle that could send shockwaves all the way to the White House was launched last week in… Read More
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The System IS Rigged!—The Electoral College and the 2016 Election +
Donald Trump was right: the system is rigged! But it is rigged for the Republicans, not the Democrats, for conservatives,… Read More
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Clinton Campaign Joins Jill Stein’s Recount Of Votes In Wisconsin +
Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Saturday announced they would participate in former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s recount of the… Read More
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Virginia Supreme Court slaps down Republicans’ attempt to block ex-felons from voting +
The Virginia Supreme Court rejected a petition from Republican leaders on Thursday that sought to hold Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe… Read More
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Keep Politics Out of Virginia Voting Rights Restoration +
On Tuesday the Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments in a suit challenging Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s (D) April order that restored… Read More
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Use it or lose it: Occasional Ohio voters may be shut out in November +
When Larry Harmon tried to vote on a marijuana initiative in November in his hometown of Kent, Ohio, the 59-year-old… Read More
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Virginia governor signs order restoring voting rights for felons +
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an order on Friday restoring the voting rights of more than 200,000 convicted felons who… Read More
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