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Voting in Black and White

Voting doesn’t look the same for everyone.

The president is putting up a dirty fight to maintain the Republican majority in Congress.

As the midterms approach, the administration is ratcheting up its attacks on anyone who isn’t a straight, white, native-born Christian.

Corporate elites are so afraid of democracy that they’re actually trying to outlaw it

Trump’s threats to shut down the southern border would hurt the interconnected communities along it.

Are politicians afraid of poor and working people like me actually having a say in how we run things?

Our government would look a lot different if the 4.5 million Americans in non-voting territories like D.C. and Puerto Rico had a voice.

A new federal order wouldn’t just deny civil rights protections to trans people. It would deny we exist altogether.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans want cannabis to be legal — but marijuana arrests are going up, not down.

Reporters know the president is telling racist lies to rile up his base. Why won’t they just say that?