voter suppression

Poor People’s Campaign leader, Rev. Barber, boosts unions in Buffalo talk

March 1, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

As the 2022 election season begins a major movement fighting poverty hooks up with the labor movement.

With Senate showdown looming, voting rights tops unions’ MLK commemorations

January 18, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

Votes are scheduled this week on two bills designed to stop the voter suppression schemes of the Republicans and their corporate puppeteers.

Teachers in NEA to push Voting Rights Act despite Republican filibuster threat

October 28, 2021 By PAI

“We will not be silent. And we should not allow Senate procedure to stop critical legislation like this from passing,” says NEA President Becky Pringle.

Malevolent Mitch drives U.S. democracy into a ditch

October 25, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Instead of invaders sporting buffalo horns, the threat to democracy is being committed by legislators wearing suits who are backed by corporate cash.

Texas Republicans slice electoral boundaries to dilute Latino and Asian voting power

October 19, 2021 By Alexa Ura And Mandi Cai

The GOP is losing its hold on suburbs of Dallas and Fort Worth as they grow more diverse. Two proposed districts show how far the party is reaching to entrench rural, white electoral power.