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New Tools are Needed to Protect Communities of Color in Redistricting

The 2021 redistricting cycle will be challenging for communities of color. For the first time in five decades, maps will be redrawn without the critical protections provided by section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
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- November 25, 2019
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Are Private Prisons in Trouble?

Caught in a unique political moment, state governments and banks are moving away from private detention facilities, raising questions about the industry’s future.
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- November 18, 2019
Small Donor Matching in the 'For the People Act'

The For the People Act’s public finance reforms represent the best hope for bringing about the transformative changes that voters demand.
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- September 20, 2019
The Benefits of Equity in the Constitutional Quest for Equality

The greatest ERA-related “controversy” may be the narrowness of the debate and the important questions left out of it.
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- October 9, 2019
The Equal Rights Amendment's Revival: Questions for Congress, the Courts and the American People

After a long period of dormancy, the campaign to ratify the ERA has sprung back to life. Are we just one state away from ratifying the Twenty-Eighth Amendment?
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- October 9, 2019
The ERA Campaign and Menstrual Equity

The emerging movement of “menstrual equity” has been largely absent from Equal Rights Amendment discourse, but it will be an invaluable asset in the renewed campaign to ratify the ERA.
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- October 8, 2019
The State of Voting Rights Litigation (October 2019)

Here are the significant voting rights lawsuits in the states that we’re keeping our eyes on.
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- October 4, 2019
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How to Secure Elections for 2020 and Beyond

States urgently need federal funding to prepare for the cyberattacks that are likely to come. The danger to democracy is too great to wait until it’s too late.
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- October 23, 2019
Preliminary Analysis of 2018 FBI Uniform Crime Report

According to the FBI, the overall crime rate fell 6.5 percent in 2018. The murder rate declined by 6.8 percent nationally.
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- September 30, 2019
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New Domestic Terrorism Laws Are Unnecessary for Fighting White Nationalists

The federal government has all the tools it needs to combat white nationalist violence. It just has to get its priorities straight.
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- October 2, 2019

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Expert Brief

New Tools are Needed to Protect Communities of Color in Redistricting

Are Private Prisons in Trouble?

Small Donor Matching in the 'For the People Act'

The Benefits of Equity in the Constitutional Quest for Equality

The Equal Rights Amendment's Revival: Questions for Congress, the Courts and the American People

The ERA Campaign and Menstrual Equity

The State of Voting Rights Litigation (October 2019)

How to Secure Elections for 2020 and Beyond

Preliminary Analysis of 2018 FBI Uniform Crime Report

New Domestic Terrorism Laws Are Unnecessary for Fighting White Nationalists

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Informed citizens are democracy’s best defense