A Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for states to take a tougher approach to maintaining their voter rolls
Minority Voting Rights articles on Democracy Chronicles
Equal minority voting rights still face significant obstacles including in registering to vote and casting ballots. Attempts to manipulate the law in new ways that will disadvantage minority communities continue nationwide. Also see our sections on American democracy and our articles on the Voter Access, African-American Voting Rights, Latino Voting Rights or Native American Voting.
The New York Times Stereotypes Southerners, Again
The South isn’t as backwards as one assumes. There are millennials with a passion for social justice, black women who are working corporate jobs, and white blue collars in rural Alabama working in factories.
Lawsuits Seeks to Block Citizenship Question on 2020 Census
Civil rights lawyers sued the U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday to try to stop plans to add the citizenship question
Candidate Seeks to be the First Ever Native American Congresswoman
Native Americans in New Mexico, 10% of the state’s population, did not get the right to vote until 1948
Dozing in Delusion: Black America’s Faith in the American Dream
There is meaningful variation in public opinion regarding how certain groups of Americans view the American Dream. Among the root causes of this variation is race: black Americans specifically seem to embrace the American Dream, and have consistently done so for the past few decades.
The Florida Felon Leading in Fight to Restore Voting Rights
State of Florida has become a battleground in a national debate over felony disenfranchisement laws
Census Proposal Recalls Old Abuses for Japanese-Americans
Questions on Capitol Hill about the addition of a controversial citizenship question to the 2020 census form
The long roots of voter suppression in the United States
Slaves had no civil rights, couldn’t vote, and would not in fact be represented by those elected on this basis
US Supreme Court Divided Over Texas Electoral District Fight
From Voice of America: The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared divided along ideological lines as it heard a bid by Texas to revive Republican-drawn electoral districts thrown out by a lower court for diluting the clout of black and Hispanic voters. Some of the conservative justices seemed willing during arguments in the case to […]
New York State Sues Trump to Stop Census Citizenship Question
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman formally announced that the state would be suing the Trump administration