With the Latino share of the electorate set to double within two decades, protecting the right to vote is more important than ever. Here are the top 10 reasons the Latino community must weigh in on the Supreme Court's current Voting Rights Act case.
While Sen. Rand Paul’s talking filibuster of John Brennan as CIA Director was an improvement to ongoing silent obstructionism in the Senate, he and his colleagues should also drop their ongoing silent filibuster of judicial nominees.
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the federal aggregate contribution limit. The Court must uphold this critical tool, which helps combat corruption and ensure competitive elections.
Republican mayoral candidate George McDonald claims he cannot run a competitive campaign under New York City's campaign contribution limits. But these limits are proven to help challengers like McDonald.
A roundup with the latest news highlighting the corrosive nature of money in New York State politics — and the need for public financing and robust campaign finance reform.
Although the juvenile incarceration rate has reached its lowest point since 1995, the United States remains the largest incarcerator of children in the industrialized world. Lawmakers and advocates should focus on more rational approaches to juvenile crime, such as performance incentive funding.
Court watchers are largely predicting the Supreme Court will strike down the formula used to determine which jurisdictions are covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. These predictions were wrong in a similar case in 2009. They might be wrong now as well.
After a shareholder sued Qualcomm to see its political expenditures, the tech giant backed down and voluntarily agreed to disclose its spending. Voluntary disclosures, however, do not go far enough to protect investors.
As the nation girds itself for across the board budget cuts, Chettiar and Nadelmann point out that the Justice Department has an opportunity to rethink outdated policies that simply don’t work and waste money.
It is morally unacceptable when racial discrimination prevents eligible Americans from participating in our democracy. Under the Voting Rights Act, that interference is also legally unacceptable.
