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Democrats Won a NC Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Something Important. Read Post »
Last November, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner issued a characteristically blunt warning to anyone hatching plans to “play militia,” threaten voters, or otherwise interfere in the upcoming election: “F around and find out.” “You can have your fun in a jail cell, ’cause that’s what’s coming,” he said in a press conference that went viral […]
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“This Election Is a Whole Lot Bigger Than What Happens in Philadelphia” Read Post »
Legal challenges killed the referendum effort, and a group is suing grassroots organizers for legal costs.
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Pittsburgh Can’t Vote on Whether to Divest From Genocide in May Election Read Post »
Texas school districts have banned hundreds of titles over the past few years, leading the country in banning books.
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Voters Oust Several Book-Banning Incumbents in School Districts Across Texas Read Post »
President Donald Trump’s second term has swung a wrecking ball at diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and programs throughout the country. Few writers seem better suited to explain this unique moment in America than Nikole Hannah-Jones. A New York Times journalist and Howard University professor, Hannah-Jones has spent years studying and shaping compelling—and at times […]
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Nikole Hannah-Jones: Trump Is Erasing Black History Read Post »
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa is persecuting opposition politicians in the wake of his questionable victory.
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Ecuador’s President Emulates El Salvador’s Bukele as He Builds Ties With Trump Read Post »
Trump, inequality and corporate concentration loomed over Canada’s elections. Only one got the attention it deserved.
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Canada’s Liberal Party Will Face Down Trump. But Will It Address Inequality? Read Post »
President Donald Trump last week told the Justice Department to investigate Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue, and claimed in a fact sheet that the order was aimed at “foreign contributions in American elections.” Republicans quickly touted the order as cracking down on hidden sources of funds in US elections. “The Democrats’ Dark Money scam has gone […]
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Trump’s Attack on ActBlue’s “Dark Money” Was Backed By Dark Money. Read Post »
Preliminary results projected by CBC in Canada’s snap federal election, which took place Monday, suggest that the country’s Liberal Party—which is currently in power—will win enough seats in the Canadian parliament to allow party leader Mark Carney to remain Prime Minister, though it remains unclear whether with a majority or minority government. In some ways, […]
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Florida Man Loses Canadian Election Read Post »
President Noboa’s leftist rival is challenging the results, calling Noboa a “dictator” who committed election fraud.
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Ecuador’s Contested Presidential Election Rocked by New Cover-Up Allegations Read Post »
On April 1, Republicans and Elon Musk decisively lost their bid to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court. But three days later the GOP came closer than ever to overturning the election of a Democratic justice to the North Carolina Supreme Court. On April 4, two Republican judges on the North Carolina state court of appeals […]
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Republicans Are Stealing a North Carolina Judicial Race. They Won’t Stop There. Read Post »
His order on voter policy could disenfranchise millions, but multiple lawsuits have already sprung up to challenge it.
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Trump Assumes Unheard-of Powers in Ordering Federal Overhaul of Elections Read Post »
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