Depressing immigrant participation could hurt Democrats, affect redistricting, the apportionment of congressional seats, and more than $600 billion in federal funds.
If elected to Congress, they would counter conservative decisions from the court with progressive lawmaking.
In Puerto Rico, residents could only watch as Trump rolled back environmental protections while their island boiled. But living in the U.S. mainland, they can vote.
Jim Crow endures in Georgia as voter suppression efforts persist across the state. But get-out-the-vote activists are undaunted.
The Mississippi immigration raid detained hundreds and left children stranded on the first day of school. It also evoked a massive humanitarian response in a state not traditionally friendly to immigrants.
“In our country there are two things that move policy. One is money. The other is the power of people.”
As the nation faces demographic shifts, the push to suppress voting intensifies.
Corporate-backed utilities have quashed solar initiatives for years, but residents fought back.
College administrators worry a more rigorous process for proving sexual assault could send the wrong message to students.
The Senate just confirmed Scott Pruitt to run the EPA. But as residents reported major damage from fracking-related earthquakes, the then-attorney general closed his office’s environmental enforcement unit.
In Jackson, Mississippi, community land trusts are key to fair and affordable development.
