Tag: Voting Rights
Kavanaugh’s Appointment to the Supreme Court: Tipping the Balance
Kristen Clarke head of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law talks about the consequences for the nation’s future if Brett Kavanaugh is put on the Supreme Court Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and…
HR1: A Call for Campaign Finance Reform, Ethics, and Voting Rights
Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland joins us to explore the legislation that he’s spearheading to end the involvement of dark money in politics, allow public campaign financing, and demand major ethics and voting rights reforms,…
Bernie Sanders Supports Voting Rights for the Imprisoned
Corporate media’s twisted narrative frames voting rights as “letting terrorists and rapists vote.”; Anoa Changa and Norman Solomon join host Jacqueline Luqman to discuss the battle over voting rights for people in jail Subscribe to…
Florida Activists Fight Against Bill Preventing Former Felons from Voting
Last year Florida voters approved a ballot measure called Amendment 4 which restored voting rights of an estimated 1.5 million former felons. To counteract this amendment 4, Republicans proposed a bill that would require former…
A Dead Republican Strategist’s Work Could Destroy Voting Rights in America
A Common Cause court case opposing Republican gerrymandering in North Carolina revealed that Trump officials lied about the 2020 census citizenship question in order to maintain “White” and “Republican Power” Subscribe to our page and…
Tennessee Passes Law Designed to Intimidate Black Voters
Successful voter registration drives among Blacks have motivated Tennessee lawmaker to pass bill with onerous fines for simple registration mistakes, which will cause voters to think twice about registering. We speak to Ezra Rosenberg of…
Is US Democracy Dying a Slow and Barely Visible Death?
Ret. Col. Larry Wilkerson examines the dangers that Republican efforts to abridge voting rights and that Trump’s racist and violent exhortations represent to US democracy Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate….
Does Russiagate Concern Weaken an Ambitious Voting Rights Platform?
The Leadership Council on Civil and Human Rights released a sweeping policy platform challenging political candidates to address voter disenfranchisement, but a nod to Russiagate raises questions about an otherwise strong proposal. Subscribe to our…
GOP Voter Suppression Campaign Continues in Georgia
The GOP barely won the Georgia statehouse despite their campaign of suppressing 1.4 million votes. Jacqueline Luqman talks to Anoa Changa about how a new round of voter registration purges is a continuation of the…
A Racist Voter ID Law Targeting Native Americans Just Lost its Punch
North Dakota will now provide Native Americans with no-cost identification to vote in a victory against racist voter ID laws—but they still face shocking barriers to the ballot box nationwide. Subscribe to our page and…
Why You Should Give A F*ck | Ep. 4 | Voter Rights
We discuss your rights as a voter, and how in many places those rights are under attack from people in power. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video…
Outrage At Maryland’s Plan For In-Person Voting Despite Pandemic
Eric Cortellessa, digital editor for the Washington Monthly, talks about Md. Gov. Larry Hogan’s plan to make absentee ballots optional—a plan critics say is more expensive and complicated than universal mail-in voting. Director/Video Editor: Will…
What are the threats facing American democracy?
President Biden issued several stark warnings about threats to American democracy Thursday in Arizona. CBS News election law expert and political contributor David Becker discusses what stood out from the president’s speech. #news #politics #democracy…
How do you fight voter suppression? Grassroots organizers in Wisconsin have an answer
In the 2016 election, Wisconsin’s Republican voter ID law suppressed 200,000 votes in a state Donald Trump won by 22,000 votes. Milwaukee was ground zero for voter suppression, and is one of the most deeply…
Black voters get significant boost with new Alabama congressional map
A new congressional map in Alabama gives the state its second black-majority district after three federal judges selected new congressional lines ahead of the 2024 elections. Stephan Bisaha, a wealth and poverty reporter for the…
How America’s broken electoral system made the Jan 6 insurrection possible
America’s electoral system is broken. From partisan gerrymandering and voter suppression to an Electoral College that sidelines the popular vote, it should surprise no one that a majority of Americans don’t believe they live in…
Georgia’s Latinx community seeks to ‘out-organize’ voter suppression
Georgians went to the polls in record numbers during the May 24 primary ahead of the crucial 2022 midterm elections, despite renewed GOP efforts to suppress the votes of the state’s communities of color. Passed…
