America’s decentralized election system fails voters in a common way.
Civil Rights in America
Posted inCoronavirus
Contact Tracing Versus Civil Liberties
During a pandemic, how can policymakers balance privacy protections with public health?
Posted inLaw and Justice
White Men With Guns
White supremacists can still get away with almost anything. For now.
Posted inLaw and Justice
‘This Virus Kills Way Too Many People.’ Hunger-Striking ICE Detainees Demand Answers.
Across the country, hunger strikes in ICE detention centers are taking on new urgency during the pandemic.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The ACLU Wants Immigrants Out of ICE Detention Now
Amid a pandemic, the group’s lawsuits in federal courts around the country contend that keeping at-risk immigrants in ICE detention constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
An Iowa-Style Voting Disaster in Los Angeles
A new voting system led to a debacle on Super Tuesday in the City of Angels. With similar machines in critical states like Georgia, election experts are raising alarm.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Coronavirus Doesn’t Care It’s Election Year
Most states aren’t prepared to switch to a vote-by-mail system as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads.
Posted inPolitics
Six Years After Ferguson, Barriers to Voting Persist
Today’s Missouri primary may not see high voter participation in St. Louis’s African American community.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
How Alabama Tries to Suppress the Vote
On primary day, it’s disproportionately black and rural voters who have to surmount hurdles.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Still Marching to Secure the Right to Vote
Fifty-five years after the beatings in Selma shocked the nation, Southern blacks are still dealing with voter suppression.
