DOJ Sues Texas over SB1 Voter Suppression Legislation
When Governor Abbott signed Texas Senate Bill 1 into law in September, there was no question that the intent behind it was to disenfranchise voters in Texas’s largest cities,
Freedom to Vote Act
The Freedom to Vote Act was introduced in the US Senate on September 14th and is the most recent voting rights bill proposed by Democrats. Manchin’s unwillingness to override the
March on Washington-We March Again
Fifty-eight years ago, 250,000 people gathered in Washington DC to protest the continued marginalization of black people in America. One hundred years since the Emancipation Procla
Driving Women Forward
As a women-operated group that seeks to help the fight to create an equal American society within the poll booth and in the larger societal structure, we are often faced with the r
Getting Americans with Disabilities Out to Vote
Note: In recent years, much of the disability community has come around to use identity-first language in order to emphasize the immovable nature of their identity as a disabled pe
Current Voter Suppression Bills in Texas
Did you know that it is harder to cast your ballot in Texas than in any other state? While we might like to think our elected officials are hard at work for Texans, in fact Republi
What is Voter Suppression, and What Does it Look Like in Texas?
Voter suppression takes many forms, but its goal is to keep people at the bottom of this country’s social hierarchy – people of color, the working class, the young – from exe
Forty-Five Day Fighting Voter Suppression Initiative
Thanks to organizers’ hard work and dedication across the nation, Americans turned out in record numbers to cast their ballots in the 2020 election. Quickly deducing that wid
Viola Liuzzo: A Martyr and a Catalyst for Change
Last month we celebrated an icon of civil rights, John Lewis, and recounted the events of one of the most horrifying examples of voter suppression. For Women’s History Month,
Reform Democracy and Protect Voting Rights
In the wake of the historic voter turnout in 2020, fraught with conspiracy theories about the inaccuracy of the results, states across the nation have increased their intensity to