Voting Rights & Democracy Reform

47+ min ago   (1010+ words) Activists are planning mass protests if the Trump administration tries to interfere with voting or ballot counting. And legal scholars are distributing white papers advising judges what they should do if the government tries to seize ballots. The unprecedented efforts…...

3+ hour, 46+ min ago   (126+ words) “Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig is sounding the alarm ahead of November’s midterm elections, warning that the country might be ‘sleepwalking’ into another insurrection,” MS NOW reports. Said Luttig: “That’s exactly what I envision, which is the next Jan....

11+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1252+ words) Decisions made in courts across the country are changing the rules of voting and shifting Black political power. Capital B is tracking the fight for voting rights to show who is affected, where power is shifting, and what the changes…...

15+ hour, 40+ min ago   (602+ words) By James J. Devine At the end of The Wizard of Oz, Glinda told Dorothy she always had the power to go home. The ruby slippers were never the answer—they were just the reminder that what she needed was already…...

17+ hour, 48+ min ago   (492+ words) Has feminism finished its job? The numbers suggest otherwise. From legal inequality to unpaid care, reproductive rights and violence, women continue to face systemic barriers worldwide. here is a popular argument that feminism has done its job. Women vote, women…...

17+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1521+ words) Vernellia R. Randall, Weekly Racial Justice Update: September 6–12, 2026, Racism.org (September 14, 2026). The Census Bureau also proposed excluding millions of immigrant residents from the population used for congressional apportionment and removing race and ethnicity questions from the decennial census questionnaire. That proposal…...

15+ hour, 35+ min ago   (343+ words) The sales pitch is togetherness. The real goal is completely erasing a voting bloc that skews left, writes Alysha Gray. “If you don’t vote you don’t count…. The voting booth is the one place on earth where the least powerful…...

20+ hour, 46+ min ago   (10+ words) The Edge Malaysia...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (440+ words) A significant legal ruling was made in Nairobi, Kenya, as a court declared the Community Groups Registration Act unconstitutional. This landmark decision has major implications for community organizations operating within the country. The ruling, which stems from a case challenging…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (302+ words) Advocacy groups say the 19th amendment is facing renewed threats as voting-rights organizations have warned the amendment’s protections are being tested, according to recent reporting and advocacy posts. The National Women’s Law Center published a piece titled “The 19th Amendment Is Under…...