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A Conversation with an Election Expert: Breaking Down This Year鈥檚 Election Process
Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt has worked on elections for 25 years in the government, nonprofits, and academia. He addresses common voter questions and what to expect at the polls this Election Day.
By Arman Abrishamchian
A Conversation with an Election Expert: Breaking Down This Year鈥檚 Election ProcessPodcast
The Parents Who Defended Religious Liberty in Public Schools
In the 1950s, New York state officials introduced a prayer into public schools. It was optional, it was short, and it was, as the Supreme Court ruled in 1962, unconstitutional. This week, we鈥檙e...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
Healthcare Professionals, Advocates, and Impacted People Share Why They Support Reproductive Freedom on the Ballot in Virginia
Voters in Virginia have the chance to vote for a ballot amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution and further protect reproductive freedom in the South.
By Hibah Ansari
Healthcare Professionals, Advocates, and Impacted People Share Why They Support Reproductive Freedom on the Ballot in Virginia
Want to Lower the Cost of Living? Unrig our Democracy.
Going into the midterms, voters are feeling the squeeze in their wallets and need relief. The answer lies in holding accountable politicians who prioritize their wealthy benefactors over them.
By Deirdre Schifeling
Want to Lower the Cost of Living? Unrig our Democracy.
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
桃子视频experts break down how data centers negatively impact communities, violate civil liberties, and how we can respond.
By Jina John
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil LibertiesPodcast
The Parents Who Defended Religious Liberty in Public Schools
In the 1950s, New York state officials introduced a prayer into public schools. It was optional, it was short, and it was, as the Supreme Court ruled in 1962, unconstitutional. This week, we鈥檙e...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
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What Larry Krasner鈥檚 Primary Win Means for Criminal Legal Reform. And How He Can Go Further.
Krasner has tackled some of the great injustices that his predecessors carried out. He also has more work to do to effectively improve the criminal...
By Reggie Shuford
Krasner has tackled some of the great injustices that his predecessors carried out. He also has more work to do to effectively improve the criminal...
By Reggie Shuford
The Tulsa Race Massacre and the Violence of Forgetting
In the early 1920s, Black Americans were under the siege of direct and indirect racial violence with widespread lynchings, Jim Crow laws, and race riots across the country. And yet, the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma was thriving. Its streets were lined with successful Black-owned...
In the early 1920s, Black Americans were under the siege of direct and indirect racial violence with widespread lynchings, Jim Crow laws, and race riots across the country. And yet, the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma was thriving. Its streets were lined with successful Black-owned...
Biden Must Honor Pledge to Immigrant Troops: Rescind Trump Policy Blocking Path to Citizenship
Thousands of service members are in a state of purgatory because of President Biden's failure to end Trump's harmful policy. Ending this policy is...
By Scarlet Kim
Thousands of service members are in a state of purgatory because of President Biden's failure to end Trump's harmful policy. Ending this policy is...
By Scarlet Kim
Abortion Access is at Stake, But We Will Do Everything We Can to Keep Our Clinic鈥檚 Doors Open
Arkansas legislators are trying to make abortion inaccessible, so we're taking them to court.
By Lori Williams
Arkansas legislators are trying to make abortion inaccessible, so we're taking them to court.
By Lori Williams
We鈥檙e Suing Arkansas Over its Ban on Health Care for Trans Youth
This is the first of several lawsuits the 桃子视频will be filing over anti-trans laws passed in 2021.
By James Esseks
This is the first of several lawsuits the 桃子视频will be filing over anti-trans laws passed in 2021.
By James Esseks
The People, Not the Police, Should Decide If and How Surveillance Technologies Are Used In Their Communities
Dayton and Detroit just passed CCOPS鈥� 20th and 21st laws nationwide 鈥� a milestone for surveillance tech transparency and empowering communities.
By Chad Marlow
Dayton and Detroit just passed CCOPS鈥� 20th and 21st laws nationwide 鈥� a milestone for surveillance tech transparency and empowering communities.
By Chad Marlow
What Insights Would RBG Offer About the Upcoming Supreme Court Abortion Rights Case?
Coverage of the court鈥檚 decision to hear a major abortion-related case has merely skimmed the surface about the impact across society.
By Louise Melling
Coverage of the court鈥檚 decision to hear a major abortion-related case has merely skimmed the surface about the impact across society.
By Louise Melling
The Movement to End Police Violence One Year after George Floyd's Murder
One year ago, George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, sparking the largest protests in American history. What has changed in the...
By Taylor Pendergrass
One year ago, George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, sparking the largest protests in American history. What has changed in the...
By Taylor Pendergrass
An Arizona Prison Forcibly Shaved a Sikh Man鈥檚 Beard. This is a Violation of Religious Freedom.
The Department of Justice must step in to protect incarcerated individuals鈥� right to exercise their faith.
By Heather L. Weaver
The Department of Justice must step in to protect incarcerated individuals鈥� right to exercise their faith.
By Heather L. Weaver
Brooklyn Center Provides a Model for Reexamining Public Safety
The only way to end police violence is to reduce the roles, resources, and power of police. Brooklyn Center Minnesota just provided a model for...
The only way to end police violence is to reduce the roles, resources, and power of police. Brooklyn Center Minnesota just provided a model for...
