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Stacey Abrams
November 7, 2018
Alex Shephard
It Was a Big, Beautiful Blue Wave
Forget the Senate. Tuesday's midterm elections were still a major rebuke of Trump and the Republican Party.
November 7, 2018
Matt Ford
Republicans’ racist campaigns in Florida and Georgia paid off.
November 5, 2018
Jeet Heer
Tight Georgia race is ending ugly with a spurious investigation and racist robocalls.
November 5, 2018
Matt Ford
How the Roberts Court Caused Georgia’s Election Mess
Thanks to a 2013 ruling, Southern states are free to pass restrictive laws without government scrutiny.
October 31, 2018
Bob Moser
The GOP’s Sneakiest Voter Suppression Tactic
Polling places have been quietly shuttered across the country, in a transparent bid to make it tougher for minorities and the poor to vote.
October 19, 2018
Jeet Heer
The voter suppression in Georgia is even worse than previously thought.
October 12, 2018
Matt Ford
American Democracy Is on the Ballot in November
It's not just because of Trump. Millions of voters' rights are at stake, too.
October 10, 2018
Bob Moser
The Fearless Rise of the Black Southern Progressive
How grassroots get-out-the-vote operations are changing the face of Democratic politics in a deep-red bastion—and across the country.
September 26, 2018
Sophie Kasakove
How Red States Stifle Blue Cities
Republican statehouses have passed a raft of preemption bills to prevent cities from raising the minimum wage, strengthening gun control, and more.
September 21, 2018
Magazine
Alexander Sammon
Going for Broke
Today’s voters owe a lot of money. Do they care if their candidates do too?
September 14, 2018
Sarah Jones
Why the Gubernatorial Glass Ceiling Is So Hard to Shatter
A record number of women are running for governor, but they'll have to overcome more obstacles than their congressional counterparts.
May 24, 2018
Jeet Heer
A Party for Women. A Party for (White) Men.
The growing gender gap spells trouble for the future of U.S. politics
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