In the latest move in a wave of right-wing reaction against teaching about racism in American history, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation Monday establishing the...
A Washington Post columnist Sunday evening responded to U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) op-ed and TV tour announcing he will not support HR1/S1, the “For the...
Sunday just before midnight in a surprise move Texas Democrats walked out of the House chamber, depriving Republicans of a quorum and – at least temporarily...
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) says he wants to pass bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act, eight years after the Supreme Court effectively killed...
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has just announced he will not support HR1, the critical voting rights protection and expansion bill already passed by the House...
If it’s an important Democratic agenda priority chances are pretty good U.S. Senator Joe Manchin is opposed to it. For the uninitiated, Manchin isn’t some far...
As prepared for delivery, via The White House: Madame Speaker. Madame Vice President. No president has ever said those words from this podium, and it’s...
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski ridiculed Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) for becoming the latest man to underestimate Stacey Abrams. The Louisiana Republican challenged Abrams to...
While Republicans in state legislatures are proposing voter suppression bills all around the U.S., Democrats are pushing the For the People Act at the federal level...
NBC White House correspondent Shannon Pettypiece this week asserted that gun safety reform and voting rights are “far-left issues.” Pettypiece made the remark during a discussion...
As more and more Democrats embrace reforming or eliminating the Senate filibuster Republicans are pushing back hard. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell last week threatened to...
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) mounted his harshest attack yet on Democrats amid increasing support for the Senate to kill the 60-vote filibuster, a...
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) is being criticized and mocked after posting a tweet insisting Americans should be “outraged” by the Democrats’ voting rights bill...
At the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday an attorney for the Republican National Committee admitted GOP candidates need voter suppression laws, especially those that target minority...
Calling for a “true democracy, a representative democracy,” former President Barack Obama took the opportunity of delivering the eulogy of the late civil rights icon and...