Editors’ Picks: Special Uprising Edition
Reading Time: 10 minutes A roundup of reporting, commentary, and analysis related to the recent international demonstrations against racism and police brutality.
Fear of Potential Vote-by-Mail Fraud Sparks Clashes Between Voting-Rights Groups
Reading Time: 5 minutes With only five months until the 2020 election, supporters of vote-by-mail want every voter to have the option of casting an absentee ballot.
Federal Court Strikes Down ‘Poll Tax’ for Former Felons
Reading Time: 3 minutes A landmark federal ruling makes clear that states cannot impose undue taxes on individuals with past felony convictions as a condition for voting.
Trump Doesn’t Let Pandemic Curb His War on Absentee Ballots
Reading Time: 3 minutes As states struggle to keep voters safe this November, Trump blusters, threatens, and lies.
COVID-19 Exposes GOP’s Anti-Voter Stance
Reading Time: 5 minutes Public health experts are begging Americans to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic. But this is an election year, and it appears that Republicans are willing to take a chance on voters’ health in order to win.
Will the Coronavirus Undercut 2020 Progressive Insurgents?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez showed how progressive insurgents can score primary upsets: by connecting directly with voters and outworking their entrenched opponents. However, the coronavirus pandemic is making that much more difficult this year, so how do these challengers cope?
Mayor Pete and the Spies Who Love Him
Reading Time: 21 minutes As President Donald Trump clears out the national security apparatus, the intelligence community empire strikes back — with Pete Buttigieg. Yet his NatSec credentials remain mysterious.
Trump, 2020 Election and Impeachment Fallout — What the World Thinks
Reading Time: 4 minutes Is President Donald Trump the new American Caesar or just a historical blip?
Congress (Finally) Considers Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
Reading Time: 3 minutes A decade later and billions of dollars deep, Congress is finally considering a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United ruling.
A Sense of Decency, at Last
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thank you, Mitt Romney, for shaming your party.