by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 13, 2016 | Democracy, Election 2016
Those of us who have been concerned about Republican voter suppression tactics expected this might happen: A relative of a Republican political candidate complaining about "onerous rules" that got in the way of casting a vote. By now, you've probably seen or read the...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 4, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Election 2016
Republican voter suppression turned Arizona's primary into a fiasco that forced people to wait in five-hour-long lines to vote. Many were turned away. Wisconsin Republicans are also disenfranchising citizens with laws designed to discourage voting by groups that might...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 31, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
On a road trip to visit relatives in Georgia, our family traveled across the states that have become the newest battlegrounds in the latest phase of the “culture wars.” With my husband’s family in Michigan and my family in Georgia, we don’t visit very often. When both...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog, Democracy
The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has reversed what was the expected outcome of one of the most important cases facing the Supreme Court, demonstrating the importance of who is and is not on the court. The case, Friedrichs vs. California Teachers...
by Burning Issues Video | Mar 25, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy, Democracy
[fve]https://youtu.be/d4FKwJluPTE[/fve] Berta Cáceres was an indigenous and environmental activist in Honduras who was the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for her success in blocking the Agua Zarca dam project, which would have decimated the communities and...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy, This Is The GOP
Senate Republicans are flipping off the President of the United States by refusing to conduct a confirmation hearing for his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. By doing this, the majority party in the Senate is saying it doesn’t acknowledge that Barack Obama is the...
