In case you missed it with the coverage of the Chauvin verdict, the Global Climate Summit, and the debate over the American Jobs Plan, former Minnesota Senator, Vice President, and 1984 Democratic Presidential Nominee Walter Mondale passed away this week at the age of 93. President Jimmy Carter, for whom Mondale served from 1976 to … Read more
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act bill needs to be passes A.S.A.P. Redistricting will begin shortly, this summer. Section 5 DOJ Preclearance needs to be restored and in effect by then. POLITICO reports, The redistricting cycle is about to begin: The most chaotic year in congressional politics is about to begin. The U.S. Census … Read more
The anti-democratic, anti-majoritarian tendencies of authoritarian Republicans is growing worse. A Pew Research Center poll released on Thursday, which finds that Republicans increasingly oppose measures that would expand access to the ballot. The Drop in Republican Support for Voting Rights: The percentage of Republicans and independents leaning toward the G.O.P. who said that voters should be … Read more
Tierney Sneed at Talking Points Memo Reports, Congressional Push To Restore The Voting Rights Act Picks Up: While Democrats’ sweeping democracy overhaul HR 1 has run into obstacles in the Senate [- ahem, Joe Manchin’s and Kyrsten Sinema’s inexplicable devotion to the Jim Crow relic Senate filibuster rule -] attention has turned to the separate … Read more
“Let The People Decide” Arizona International Film Festival <reelfrontier@gmail.com VOTER SUPPRESSION LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE at the ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Online Film: April 17-20 * Online Panel: April 18 “A lot of people aren’t even AWARE of the attack on voting rights that’s going on, and that’s what makes Let The People Decide so important” –Ari Berman, Mother Jones “Essential viewing … Read more