Facebook Just Released Its New Plan for Protecting Your Civil Rights
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Washington D.C., on April 11, 2018. Ting Shen/Xinhua via ZUMA Facebook on Sunday announced steps to combat hate speech, harassment, and voter suppression on its platform. The changes came as part of an ongoing internal audit into the tech giant’s handling of…
Federal Judge Opens a Longshot Path to Striking Down Census Citizenship Question
Immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court on April 23 as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration’s plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census.J. Scott Applewhite/AP A federal judge in Maryland found on Monday that the Trump administration’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census might have been motivated…
Racist Laws Took the Vote Away From Prisoners. After Serving Time, One Man Is Fighting to Give It Back to Them.
tzahiV/iStock/Getty On November 2, 2004, not long after starting his sentence at a federal prison in New Jersey, Corwin Knight sat down in front of the common area’s television to watch the returns for the presidential election. He was tired of the Bush administration’s policies and hoped John Kerry would win, but he quickly grew…
Judge Deals a Blow to Effort to Block Census Citizenship Question at Supreme Court
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross listens as President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on August 27, 2018.Alex Brandon/AP After the startling news broke last week that Tom Hofeller, the architect of Republican gerrymandering efforts, was behind the push to add a question about US citizenship to the 2020 census, the plaintiffs challenging the question…
North Carolina’s 9th District Still Doesn’t Have a Congressman. The Guy Behind the “Bathroom Bill” Wants the Job.
In his ads, Dan Bishop wants everyone to remember what the “Right Dan” stands for.A still from Dan Bishop’s campaign ad / YouTube Voters in North Carolina’s 9th District may be a bit exhausted by their democratic duty. They’ve been voting to decide the 2018 midterm election—if you include primaries—for more than a year. The…
That Bombshell Evidence in the Census Case? The Supreme Court Might Ignore It.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testifies about the census during a House Oversight Committee hearing on March 14, 2019. Jose Luis Magana/AP Documents unearthed last week showed that the Republican Party’s top gerrymandering expert, Tom Hofeller, was behind the decision to add a controversial question about US citizenship to the 2020 census, a move he wrote would…