News Analysis | Economy & Labor Tax Cuts and Voter Suppression Laws Are Working Together to Lock in Plutocracy State lawmakers are moving hard and fast to keep their wealthy backers wealthy. By Sam Pizzigati , Inequality.org January 28, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Court Rejects Alabama GOP’s Congressional Map That Marginalized Black Voters Justices wrote that the map “likely” violated the Voting Rights Act by creating only one majority-Black district. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 25, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Sanders Says Arizona Democrats’ Decision to Censure Sinema Was “Exactly Right” Sanders has been advocating for more Democratic proposals to come to a vote in order to get senators’ views on record. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 24, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Considered Using Military To Seize Voting Machines, New Documents Show The draft order was among the records that Trump fought to keep from the January 6 committee. By Brett Wilkins , CommonDreams January 22, 2022 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Increased Voting Restrictions Put LGBTQ People of Color at Risk, Advocates Say State-level voting restrictions will affect marginalized communities the most. By Orion Rummler , The19th January 22, 2022 Truthout
News | Racial Justice GOP Suppression Efforts Escalate as Voting Rights Bill Fails in Senate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t wait for the voting rights bill to fail to go on the offensive. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout January 21, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Under New TX Law, Number of Rejected Mail-In Ballot Applications Is Skyrocketing “This is what voter suppression looks like,” says an election clerk in Austin, as the pattern repeats across the state. By Igor Derysh , Salon January 21, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Some US Companies Decry Voter Suppression Laws While Funding Their Sponsors Companies stating support for voting rights have funneled donations to the authors of voter suppression bills. By Donald Shaw , Sludge January 21, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Sanders Says He’s Open to Supporting Primary Challengers to Manchin and Sinema The Vermont senator called the conservative Democrats’ support of the filibuster “pathetic” on Wednesday. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 19, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Republicans, Aided by Manchin and Sinema, Are Stonewalling Voting Rights Bill The Senate will debate the voting rights bill for all to see, but the filibuster is set to prevent it from passing. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout January 18, 2022 Truthout