Hope Is All We Have Today
As we await election results, Vilissa Thompson reminds us that hope is a discipline that we cannot cede to despair.
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Analysis | 2024 Election | Maryland | Progress 2025: Voting Rights | Progress 2025 | California | Youth
What If 16-Year-Olds Could Vote?
A growing number of U.S. municipalities are making it possible for minors to vote.
Simple Steps to Make Voting Easier
From vote-by-mail to making Election Day a national holiday, voting rights advocates are engaged in myriad efforts to increase voting access.
鈥淲e the People鈥� Includes We the Incarcerated
It鈥檚 time to let all voting-age Americans influence their government.
Could This Make It Easier to Vote in Florida If You Have a Felony Conviction?
A new statewide proposal is the latest development in a years-long saga over the voting rights of felons in the Sunshine State.
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Progress 2025: Protecting Voting Rights and Democracy
Instead of Project 2025's white supremacist vision for voting rights, Progress 2025 envisions universal early voting, a national federal holiday and more.
Voices Beyond Votes
Citizens in Puerto Rico and other colonized U.S. territories can鈥檛 vote, but they are still active participants in democracy.
Analysis | Disability Justice | 2024 Election | Disability | Progress 2025: Voting Rights | Progress 2025
How Disabled Voters Are Accessing Democracy
The vast majority of U.S. polling locations are not fully accessible. Disability justice activists are working to change that.
The U.S. Constitution Was Meant to Be a Work in Progress
Author and legal scholar Elie Mystal鈥檚 first book argues that the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights are deeply flawed, but that it鈥檚 still possible to use them to protect the rights of women and people of color.
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Can We Still Save U.S. Democracy?
Voting rights reform has died an ignoble death in Congress. The way forward isn鈥檛 clear or inspiring, but at least we still have one.
As Communities of Color Grow, Racial Gerrymandering Takes Center Stage
Politicians are redrawing electoral maps to reflect new census data. Activists are trying to make sure they do it fairly.
How Young Voters Are Fighting Back Against Voter Suppression
Many organizations that have long advocated for young voters are now finding they need to push back against restrictive new state laws.
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Does Every Vote Still Count?
Democrats don鈥檛 seem too worried about the current Republican war on voting rights. They should be.
Riding to Protect Voting Rights
Arizona activists fighting voter suppression at home join a freedom ride reminiscent of the civil rights era.
The Time to Secure Voting Rights Is Now or Never
Anti-democratic voter suppression bills are sweeping the country, taking aim at many of the methods that supported record turnout in the 2020 election.
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