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Five Things Your Tax Dollars Could Fund Instead of an Illegal Iran War
While Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities, the Trump Administration is pouring billions of dollars into an illegal war in Iran.
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Emergency Managers and Their Destruction of Democracy
An explanation of who Emergency Managers are, what they do, and how they are problematic
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Senators Playing Loose with Constitutional Rights
Their zeal to protect Americans from domestic terrorists, or perhaps to score political points for seeming to provide protection, is leading some members of Congress to toss aside constitutional rights.
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How to move a political system that seems incapable of change
“There is no use speaking truth to power” the President of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee’s Legacy Project told a group of activists and college students in Washington last week.
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Internet Voting: It seems too good to be true, and it is
In less than one generation, the internet has become as central to American life as the automobile, the telephone and the television. We spend time with friends online, we shop online, we even file our taxes and manage our banking online. Why not vote online?
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Triumphs and Challenges for Early Voting
You’re a US citizen, you’re 18 years old or older, you’re registered and ready to vote. But what if November comes around and you have work or class on Election Day? What if you can’t wait hours in the long lines you’ve found at your precinct in the past?
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Murphy’s filibuster a win against big money
The national debate over gun control took center stage at the US Senate last week when Senator Chris Murphy, D-CT, and allies staged a 15-hour filibuster to force action on gun control legislation. The talk-a-thon ended only when the Senate agreed to hold votes on legislation banning gun sales to individuals on the government’s terrorist watch list and on expanding background checks.
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A Big Win For Kansas Voters
More than 18,000 Kansans whose voter registration applications have been stuck in limbo should be registered to vote in time for the November election.
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Victoire historique pour la neutralité du Net
Victoire historique dans la lutte pour la protection de la liberté d'expression et de l'organisation numérique en ligne : une cour d'appel fédérale a confirmé ce matin les règles de neutralité du Net de la Commission fédérale des communications. Ces règles protègent les consommateurs en exigeant des fournisseurs d'accès à Internet qu'ils traitent l'ensemble du trafic en ligne de manière équitable, garantissant ainsi l'accès du Web à tous.
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Ensemble, nous ne sommes pas impuissants ; aucune situation n'est désespérée
J'ai grandi à Orlando. C'était extrêmement bouleversant de me réveiller hier avec la nouvelle. Quand vos amis, un par un, doivent signaler sur les réseaux sociaux qu'ils sont en sécurité... d'une certaine manière, vous ne vous sentez pas du tout en sécurité.
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Tweet Video @POTUS: It’s Time to Sign, Strike a Blow Against Citizens United
Every American has a right to know that the companies doing business with our government aren’t gaming the system by spending huge amounts of money in politics to help them secure huge government contracts.
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8 Justices is not Enough
Americans depend on the Supreme Court to address the most important and most complicated questions about our laws, and the justices have plenty of those on their calendar this term, with cases ranging from voting rights to abortion to campaign finance.
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Gerrymander Gazette – June 3, 2016
Legislators’ revenge in Arizona and New Jersey, an invitation to sue in North Carolina, and great progress on reform in Illinois and Virginia make it clear that this will not be a quiet summer on the redistricting front. Let’s see how things are looking.
