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Op-EdSeptember 11, 2023 5:44 pm | By Svante Myrick
Republicans have made it clear: No state is safe from abortion bans
Previously published in The Hill. Most Americans believe abortion should be legal in most cases. In every state where voters have voted on the issue since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters have sided with reproductive freedom and against abortion bans. But the…
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In the NewsSeptember 11, 2023 4:54 pm | By Roger Vann
Roger Vann for Stanford Social Innovation Review: Why We’re Targeting the Hardest to Reach Voters
First published in Stanford Social Innovation Review. For Black Americans, the right to vote has never come easy. After centuries of systemic legal exclusion, our ancestors marched and shed blood time and time again for the right to cast a…
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In the NewsSeptember 11, 2023 4:40 pm | By
LGBTQ Nation: This Republican Senate candidate says he’s running to vanquish witchcraft
First published in LGBTQ Nation. A Virginia Republican seeking his party’s nomination to unseat Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) says he is doing so in part to stop witches from taking over the state. Retired Navy veteran Hung Cao launched his…
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In the NewsSeptember 11, 2023 3:44 pm | By
The Wonkette: Right Wing Pundits: Trumpists Are Violent Psychopaths Who Will Kill Us All If They Don’t Get Their Way
First published in The Wonkette. If there is one thing that conservative pundits can agree on, it is … well, it’s everything. They’re honestly not all that original. But this week, at least two of them are out here warning…
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In the NewsSeptember 11, 2023 3:22 pm | By Svante Myrick
Svante Myrick for The Hill: Alabama’s not the only state that’s drawing up racist voting maps
First published in The Hill. “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever,” was Alabama Gov. George Wallace’s (D) pledge in 1963. It would be great if attitudes like that were buried long ago in the landfill of racist history. But looking at Alabama today, it…
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In the NewsSeptember 8, 2023 11:01 am | By Svante Myrick
The Right’s War On Prosecutors is a Direct Attack On Voters: Svante Myrick for The Hill
First published in The Hill. At every chapter in our history, new crises create new heroes. Right now, the two who are shining the brightest are District Attorney Fani Willis in Georgia and suspended State Attorney Monique Worrell in Florida. These Black…
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In the NewsSeptember 7, 2023 3:13 pm | By
Right Wing Watch Reports on Mike Huckabee Saying 2024 Could Be Last Election Decided by ‘Ballots Rather Than Bullets’: Raw Story
First published in Raw Story. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee predicted that, should Donald Trump’s legal troubles preclude him from winning next year’s presidential election, violence will follow. Huckabee, who ran for president in 2008, delivered his fiery remarks on his most recent…
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In the NewsSeptember 7, 2023 3:05 pm | By
Svante Myrick Comments on Court Ruling Against Alabama Republican Map: The Grio
First published in The Grio. In a victory for voting rights advocates, a special master was appointed to redraw Alabama’s congressional map after Republicans in the state put forth a redistricting map that the court ruled violates the constitutional rights…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 7, 2023 10:41 am | By Peter Montgomery
Mike Huckabee and Other Right-Wing Leaders Escalate Threats of Electoral Violence
Former Arkansas governor and failed presidential candidate Mike Huckabee made a striking prediction on a recent episode of his Trinity Broadcasting Network show, warning that if former President Donald Trump fails to win the 2024 election because of his criminal indictments, “it…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 6, 2023 5:08 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Biden Judges Rule that Insurance Company and Lower Court Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits to Army Veteran
Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, wrote a unanimous opinion joined by Biden nominee John Lee that ruled that an insurance company and a lower court had improperly denied…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 6, 2023 2:59 pm | By Elliot Mincberg, Miranda Jayne Boyd
FAQs About Alabama’s Congressional Map Controversy
The congressional map in Alabama is getting national attention yet again, this time after a panel of judges threw out the latest version of the map. It’s déjà vu all over again since earlier this year the Supreme Court weighed…
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Op-EdSeptember 5, 2023 6:38 pm | By Svante Myrick
Even if Trump Skips the Debates, His Indictments Will Take Center Stage
First published in The Hill. The first Republican presidential primary debate is two days away, and for the first time ever it comes on the heels of multiple indictments of a leading candidate. That candidate, former President Trump, may skip the debate in lieu of an online…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 5, 2023 1:41 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Biden Judge Gives Victim of Police Misconduct an Opportunity to Pursue his Claims
Judge Doris Pryor, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, wrote a unanimous opinion that reversed a lower court and gave a victim of serious police misconduct the opportunity to go forward with…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 5, 2023 11:58 am | By Miranda Jayne Boyd
We Asked Some of Our Supporters What They Thought of the First GOP Presidential Debate, and the Results Spoke Volumes
We watched the first GOP debate, and we certainly had our own thoughts about how it went. But we wanted to know what our members and supporters thought, so we asked them. The responses we got ranged from clever commentary…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 5, 2023 11:04 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Biden Judges’ Opinion Upholds Full Damages Award Against Corporate Official who Committed Fraud Despite Trump Judge Dissent
Judge Alison Nathan, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, wrote a 2-1 opinion joined by Biden nominee Judge Sarah Merriam that upheld a $39 million damages award against an investor and business…
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In the NewsSeptember 1, 2023 12:59 pm | By Svante Myrick
The Latest Hit to the Supreme Court’s Credibility Shows It Won’t Police Itself: Svante Myrick for The Hill
First published in The Hill. Yesterday, after receiving an extension on the deadline to file legally-required disclosures for 2022, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas submitted records that reveal yet more favors and perks from billionaire Harlan Crowe, including details that went unreported in…
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In the NewsAugust 31, 2023 2:02 pm | By Miranda Jayne Boyd
‘Grandparents For Truth’ Mobilizes Against Book Banning And Censorship: United Against Book Bans
First published by United Against Book Bans. People For the American Way—a proud partner to Unite Against Book Bans— has been fighting authoritarian attacks on the freedom to learn for more than 40 years. Now, with book-banning and censorship on the…
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News and AnalysisAugust 31, 2023 1:00 pm | By Miranda Jayne Boyd
Grandparents For Truth Needs Your Help to Recall Extremist School Board Members in Temecula
Grandparents For Truth is all about defending the rights of students to learn the truth and feel safe while doing it. So, when school boards fail in their responsibility to provide honest instruction and safe environments, Grandparents For Truth takes…
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News and AnalysisAugust 29, 2023 4:28 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Biden Judge Writes Unanimous Opinion That Corporation Can be Liable For Failing to Safeguard Personally Identifying Information From Improper Hacking
Judge Beth Robinson, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, wrote a unanimous opinion that reversed a district court and ruled that a class action could be brought against a large corporation for…
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In the NewsAugust 28, 2023 11:15 am | By Svante Myrick
Republicans Have Made It Clear, No State is Safe from Abortion Bans: Svante Myrick for The Hill
This op-ed was first published in The Hill. Most Americans believe abortion should be legal in most cases. In every state where voters have voted on the issue since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters have sided with reproductive freedom and against abortion…