It’s Okay to Care
Remembering Robert Kennedy 50 years after his assassination.
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When the Party Bosses Died
It’s been 50 years since Democratic party leaders controlled the choice of a presidential candidate. -
State Department Must Abandon Discriminatory Visa Policy
The Brennan Center, Electronic Privacy Information Center, and other civil society groups called on the Department of State to abandon a policy that would undermine Constitutional rights and lead to discrimination. -
Democracy Vouchers Broadened Seattle's 2017 Donor Base
The results are in from the country’s first ever election publicly funded by vouchers—the 2017 Seattle municipal elections. Heerwig and McCabe find that the city’s Democracy Voucher program has helped bring more donors who are not wealthy into the campaign finance system, but more work remains to achieve a fair and representative system. -
While Few Notice, the Supreme Court is Making Corporate Human Rights Abuses Easier
Though it largely flew under the radar, the SCOTUS decision in Jesner v. Arab Bank is a large step backwards in the fight for human rights. -
There's Something Huge Missing from the White House Prison Bill
Bowing to the president’s most extreme allies, the White House has put forward the First Step Act, which leaves out sentencing reform entirely. -
Trump’s “Animal” Act is an Old Racist Trope that Always Works
President Trump’s use of the word “animal” to refer to human beings is part of a long American history of dehumanizing suspects of color. -
How Trump Could Turn the Mueller Probe into a Constitutional Crisis
In the end, the genuine reason why firing Mueller would present a constitutional crisis is because enough people say it would. -
The False Dichotomy of “Police Week”
There is no war on cops. Only a war on police misconduct. -
How Michael Cohen Blended Trumpian Bombast With The D.C. Swamp
A flash-in-the-pan lobbying career provides insight into how the game is played.
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