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LGBTQ Lawmaker Representation Increased 190 Percent Over Past 7 Years — Report
Despite gains in elected positions in every state of the US, there is still a noticeable LGBTQ “representation gap.”
Gerrymandering Denies Incarcerated People Fair Democratic Representation
The US Census counts incarcerated people as residents of prisons, not their home towns — with undemocratic results.
In the US South, Just 1 in 5 State Lawmakers Are Women
A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, representation is lagging.
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, We Mourn Those Killed. What About the Living?
Several trans justice organizations have decided to also honor the people who survive against the odds.
As a Korean American Professor, Here Is What I Think “The Chair” Gets Right
The show features a Korean American English professor working in a corporatized system that sets unreal expectations.
“Rutherford Falls” Confronts Everyday Colonialism
Representation is not revolutionary, but it can break open new possibilities.
Democracy Will Never Be Delivered From Above. It Must Be Built From Below.
The only way to fight against systemic corruption is to set up a counterpower through direct democracy.
Paper Genocide: The Barriers to an Accurate Count of Native People in 2020
Undercounting American Indians and Alaska Natives wreaks havoc on tribal communities today and for generations to come.
Mitch McConnell Dismisses Representation for DC and Puerto Rico as “Socialism”
For decades the Republican Party has supported possible statehood, but Trump is now against it.
Presidential Primaries Are Racist. Period.
Who gets on the presidential ballot is decided by states that are overwhelmingly white and rural.