by Jen Herrick | Feb 9, 2018 | Blog
When President Trump created the “Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity” last spring — and put notorious vote suppressor Kris Kobach at the helm — voting rights advocates had decades of good reasons to be concerned. The panel seemed destined to back...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 9, 2018 | Blog
Early this past December, Virginia state officials opened up their latest “dynamically priced” toll superhighway, a 10-mile stretch of interstate that runs from Northern Virginia into Washington, D.C. Ten days later, commuter Chris Kane looked up at the signage that...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 8, 2018 | Blog
The warnings came right after the storm: Hurricane Maria's devastation of Puerto Rico would be used as an opportunity to transfer management of the island's schools to private operators of charter schools, and introduce voucher programs that would redirect public...
by Leo Gerard | Feb 7, 2018 | Blog
The U.S. Commerce Department announced this week that the 2017 trade deficit rose to the highest level since 2008, a biggest and best figure that no U.S. President would brag about, least of all Donald Trump, who pledged repeatedly and forcefully that he would slash...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 7, 2018 | Blog
As both parties gear up for the 2018 elections, Democrats harbor high hopes for a wave election that will take back the Congress, put the Senate in play, and revive their party's fortunes in state legislatures across the country. All Democrats agree a clear statement...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 6, 2018 | Blog
Seattle classroom teacher Jesse Hagopian wants to transform the school-to-prison pipeline into a school-to-justice pipeline for millions of Black and Brown students in American schools. He and thousands of his educator colleagues are taking strides toward that goal...
