Local Lockout in Georgia
County electoral structures block growing communities of color from achieving fair representation. Interference by the state legislature has exacerbated the problem.
Research Report
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How to Make Early Voting More Accessible in New York
For New York’s early voting law to achieve its full potential, the state legislature and state and local boards of elections must ensure that poll sites are accessible to voters with disabilities. -
A Realignment for Homeland Security Investigations
An agency that purports to focus on major transnational crime instead busies itself with routine immigration enforcement. Congress and DHS leaders must clarify it mission and rein in its surveillance capabilities. -
Democracy Depends On All of Us
Annual Report 2022
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Secret War
Security cooperation programs have led U.S. forces into unauthorized hostilities alongside foreign partners. Congress must curb this dangerous and undemocratic practice. -
Fighting for Dignity
Trauma is a persistent feature in the lives of incarcerated women. Seven of them describe how they cope in the face of inhumane conditions and what truly rehabilitative institutions would provide. -
The First Step Act’s Prison Reforms
The law has failed to reach many of its intended beneficiaries in federal prisons. Congress and the Department of Justice must act to fulfill its promise. -
Information Gaps and Misinformation in the 2022 Elections
False claims about the 2020 election have prompted anti-voter laws and mistrust in the process. Election officials, civic groups, and the media must act against the threat of election misinformation. -
Focusing the FBI
The bureau had all the authorities it needed to stop the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Congress needs to streamline the FBI’s powers, not expand them. -
Revenue Over Public Safety
Perverse financial incentives are warping the criminal justice system.
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