Tag Archives: civil rights

Do voter ID laws discourage voters? Yes

Does this sound familiar? Over the last few months I’ve found myself caught up in a serial argument about the election. The argument: Hillary lost because… I’m not going to repeat the list of reasons sane and informed people present … Continue reading

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My holiday gift list. What’s yours?

In the November 14-27, 2016 New York magazine, Jonathan Chait offered a powerful cry to action, “Citizens, United,” in which he wrote: American small-D democrats need to treat the election of Trump’s party in a way not unlike how we … Continue reading

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“Justice Dept. Presses Civil Rights Agenda in Local Courts”

The government has waded into cases involving legal aid, transgender students, juvenile prisoners and people who take videos of police officers. Source: Justice Dept. Presses Civil Rights Agenda in Local Courts A major, major story from the New York Times … Continue reading

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