California Sues Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Secretary of State Alex Padilla at a news conference Tuesday in Sacramento.Rich Pedroncelli/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The state of California has filed suit against the Trump administration for its controversial decision to add a question about US citizenship to the 2020 census form,…
Democrats’ Strategy in the Latest Gerrymandering Case: Win by Losing
Maryland Democrats gerrymandered the state’s political map in 2011 to give their party an extra congressional seat.National Atlas of the United States/Wikimedia Commons Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democrats have recently brought legal challenges to gerrymanders that have locked them out of power in states from Pennsylvania to North Carolina,…
Republicans Declare War on the Courts After Rulings That Threaten Their Majorities
Gov. Scott Walker addresses a joint session of the Wisconsin legislature in 2017.Andy Manis/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday, a judge ruled that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker must hold special elections this spring to fill two vacant state legislative seats that some Republicans fear could flip to the Democrats. But…
Stop Everything and Listen to this Knockout March for Our Lives Speech by an 11-Year-Old Girl
Naomi Wadler, 11, a student at George Mason Elementary School, speaks during the “March for Our Lives” rally.Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Naomi Wadler, an 11-year-old girl from Alexandria, Virginia, thrilled hundreds of thousands when she spoke out for “the African-American girls who don’t make the front page of…
Trump Is Fundraising Off a Question That Would Scare Immigrants Away From the Census
Census workers help Spanish-speaking residents of Caldwell, Idaho, fill out the 2010 census form. Idaho Press-Tribune, Charlie Litchfield/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Justice Department is pushing for the 2020 census to include a citizenship question for the first time since 1950, a move civil rights groups say would…
All of a Sudden, Voting Rights Are Expanding Across the Country
Gus Clark deposits his vote-by-mail ballot in a collection box in Seattle in the 2016 election. Ted S. Warren/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is set to sign a sweeping election reform package on Monday that will make his state one of the leaders in the country…