Rock Creek, Montana Whenever a state is compared to Mississippi, it’s a sure fired signal there’s trouble coming, so I hunkered down to read an article in the recent New Yorker that referred to Arizona as “the Mississippi of the West.” Trust me, that’s not a complement, and trust me on this as well, Arizona …
Category: Voting Rights
Some Voting Suppression Being Stopped
Rock Creek, Montana Luckily in some states, we’re still finding that the law is thankfully on our side. We’ve mourned the fact that in Kansas they are standing with their arms folded in front of the door holding the ballot box for thousands despite losing in court at every turn, as Republicans led by …
Finally, A Full-Throated Call for Universal Voter Registration
New Orleans Well, now we’re talking! Finally, we may see find some politicians speaking up and taking a chance on more democracy, rather than just hoping for more rich people and campaign donations. In a speech at Texas Southern University, a largely African-American institution in Houston, where she was getting an award of some kind, …