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Even As Voter Registration Soars, Voter Suppression Lives On

Is your state working to increase accessibility to the ballot box, or to disenfranchise its citizens?

The White House says its move to erase the civil rights of 1.4 million transgender Americans is “grounded in science.” No it bloody well isn’t.

There’s no abuse a few stays at Trump hotels can’t fix.

The GOP isn’t out to “win” elections anymore. They’re just trying to make sure anyone who might vote against them can’t.

Trump’s “Pocahontas” slur is obviously racist. But Warren’s approach to claiming Native identity bothers some Native Americans, too.

Here’s what should replace them.

I don’t believe that we’re going to create real change through the compromises and decorum of so-called moderates.

Psychologists call it DARVO: deny, attack, reverse victim and offender.

Real change means staying active long after Election Day.

We no longer see the images on TV every night, but it’s still happening.