Long gone are the days of cheap political campaigns. According to Ian Vandewalker, Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, this past midterm elections saw the most campaign money […]
Li: 2022 mid-term elections were a success in democracy
With very few glitches or confrontations, the 2022 mid-term elections went smoothly, a testament to the dedication of local election officials and the public’s faith in the system, according to […]
Biden Federal court appointees moving forward — with diversity i...
Trump’s federal court appointees were virtually all white and all male, according to Andrew Cohen, Senior Editor for The Marshall Project and Brennen Center for Justice. And what do the […]
Li: Reform redistricting before it’s too late
Michael Li, Senior Counsel of the Democracy Program of the Brennan Center for Justice, calls voting rights “The Infrastructure of Democracy”, and worries that the proposed voting rights act, which […]
Li: Congress needs to act on gerrymandering NOW!
The state of Ohio, with almost an even split of Democrat and Republican voters, has 12 districts represented by Republican politicians and only 4 districts by Democrats, according to Michael […]
Right attempts to limit representation of minorities
The conservative right has concerns: the Latino, Black, and Asian population of the U. S. is growing faster than the Caucasian population, and this means lost votes. Their solution, to […]