Author name: Arianna Coghill

Within days of Donald Trump’s return to office, a chilling message for voting rights arrived. The Justice Department was seeking to dismiss a lawsuit, originally brought forth by the Biden administration, challenging Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s efforts to purge voter rolls. It wasn’t exactly a surprising move; the new Trump administration would soon back similar voter suppression […]

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday warned Americans in a televised address that the country is witnessing the initial phases of American democracy’s slide toward authoritarianism with the president’s deployment of the military to respond to peaceful protests in Los Angeles. “California may be first, but it clearly will not end here,” Newsom said. “Other […]

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