A Native poet takes us back to a moment of liberal outrage after the last election.
Elections
Since 2016, organizers have identified campaigns sowing falsehoods about the pandemic and the presidential election and have worked to counteract them.
It starts with knowing how we actually elect a president, and what your vote really means.
Surveys show that, rather than reflexively voting Democratic, young Black voters are pessimistic any Democrat can make a difference.
Earning the vote of Black American voters requires acknowledgment of our issues and proposed solutions in front of every audience—not just those flooded with Black faces. Without it, Trump can win.
Electors thought they could vote their consciences in 2016. The Supreme Court just said “no.”
Voting rights have always been inconsistently applied. Now the coronavirus pandemic is threatening those rights even more, and activists are pushing back.
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Along with community care, accountability, and the disruption of oppressive systems.
Young voters broke overwhelmingly for Bernie Sanders in the primary. Now Joe Biden has to earn their votes.
Utah has shown both how to get more people to vote and how to overcome the political resistance that electoral reforms inevitably run into.
Political interest is high— from the number of small-donor contributions made to presidential candidates to cable news viewership—signaling voter turnout may reach new heights in November.
Bernie Sanders still has a lot of momentum, but many moderates are skeptical of
socialism. They don’t have to be.
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