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Trump Complains Saudi Crown Prince Is Deemed “Guilty Until Proven Innocent”
Evidence directly implicating Saudi Arabia's leadership in the torture and killing of Khashoggi continues to emerge.
In Unusual Move, Republican Party Begins to Pull Money From Incumbent Races
Republican groups are abandoning campaigns and scrambling to move funds to districts where they will count more.
Prince of Fraud
North Dakota Republicans Want to Disenfranchise Thousands of Native Voters
The Supreme Court has ruled it will allow the state of North Dakota to enforce a new voter ID requirement.
Floridians Will Vote on Whether to Restore Voting Rights to 1.4 Million People
Desmond Meade, president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, and Ari Berman of Mother Jones discuss more.
Trump’s Horrifying Medicaid Pick Was Hired to Dismantle the Program
As Maine's health commissioner, Mary Mayhew was instrumental in helping block Medicaid expansion there.
Citizen and Legislative Efforts to Reform Redistricting in 2018
In just a few years, voting districts will be redrawn across the country.
A Taxing Day at the Polls
Between voter ID laws, voter purges and redistricting, one would almost think somebody doesn't want you to vote.
It’s Time to Honor Victims, Not Perpetrators, of US Brutality
Acknowledging the victims of slavery and colonization will be a first step toward granting equal rights.
How Guantánamo Set the Stage for the Kavanaugh Hearings
Kavanaugh's confirmation continued the undermining of justice that began with Guantánamo.