| Dec 14, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAre state lawmakers free to ignore the results of a presidential election? Can they — in defiance of a state’s own constitution — design its congressional districts so a minority of voters pick a large majority of the state’s representatives? Can they discard voting...
| Apr 20, 2022 | Rights / DemocracyMuch ink has been spilled over Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to recuse himself from cases involving the 2020 election, despite his wife’s participation in efforts to overthrow it. Those are sensible calls. But meanwhile, too little attention has been...
| Mar 29, 2022 | HP Featured|Rights / Democracy“Voter suppression” is a divisive and highly politicized term. But for the slate of bills Republicans are pushing across the country, it’s the only correct one. They’re introducing these bills in virtually every state, but three — Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin — are...
| Feb 2, 2022 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyWhen President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, he urged all Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” It’s true — Black...
| Jan 26, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIf you’re under the impression that the filibuster is an important tool in the toolbox of American democracy, you’ve been misled. The filibuster is a made-up Senate convention that lets a minority of senators block votes on bills that have majority support. Under...
