| Oct 26, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyFew people, however unfairly, regard Southwest Ohio as a particularly exhilarating place. But every two to four years, just drawing breath there felt like a rush for a kid drawn to politics. It’s a purplish region of a perennial swing state, which means our...
| Oct 17, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyAt last, November 6 is coming: Time to vote! Let’s all join the majestic panorama of democracy in action! Well… calling America’s electoral process “majestic” is overdoing it, for millions of our citizens will not be allowed to vote. That’s because a...
| Feb 7, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyWhen President Trump created the “Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity” last spring — and put notorious vote suppressor Kris Kobach at the helm — voting rights advocates had decades of good reasons to be concerned. The panel seemed...
| Aug 9, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyOne October morning in Richmond, Virginia, 32-year old Joseph Cox watched his friends and neighbors go to the polls for the first time. The fight to get to that moment had been long, bloody, and vicious. But as a black man newly eligible to vote after a lifetime of...
| Dec 14, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyPresident-elect Donald Trump recently picked Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as his nominee for U.S. attorney general, a position that leads the Department of Justice and serves as the top law enforcement officer for the country. But even a cursory look at Sessions’...