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The Need for Supreme Court Reform Is Clearer Than Ever

The Need for Supreme Court Reform Is Clearer Than Ever

| May 27, 2026 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTo preserve our democracy, we must reform the Supreme Court. In its recent Louisiana v. Callais decision, the Court’s Republican majority completed its years-long campaign to neuter the Voting Rights Act. Not coincidentally, they dramatically tilted the electoral...
The Supreme Court’s War on the Voting Rights Act Sends America Backwards

The Supreme Court’s War on the Voting Rights Act Sends America Backwards

| May 7, 2026 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe United States took a decisive step toward democracy with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. At the time, Black political representation was not just limited — it was nearly nonexistent. African Americans made up more than 10 percent of the population...
Birthright Citizenship Is in the Constitution Plain As Day

Birthright Citizenship Is in the Constitution Plain As Day

| Dec 10, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAt least four Supreme Court justices recently signaled their apparent agreement with Donald Trump’s effort to roll back the Fourteenth Amendment’s definition of American citizenship. The case at issue, Trump v. Barbara, involves birthright citizenship — the principle...
The Need for Supreme Court Reform Is Clearer Than Ever

You Need to Understand the Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’

| Dec 3, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIf you want to understand how the Supreme Court’s MAGA majority has undermined democracy, you need to understand the “shadow docket.” The shadow docket — as the court’s emergency docket has come to be known — is one of the more dramatic and corrupt ways that...
The American People Need to Check the Supreme Court

The American People Need to Check the Supreme Court

| Sep 24, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Supreme Court begins its new term this October. This happens every year. But this year is different. We live in a very different country than the one that existed a year ago. During Donald Trump’s second term, his administration and allies have been using the...
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