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Spending on our collective well-being helps people keep a roof over their heads, feed their families, and help grow our overall economy.

The resumption of student loan payments after a three-year break, set for October 1, is likely to deliver a blow to American economic growth, according to economists, in a move that could harm many beyond borrowers alone.

More than a decade later, National Voter Registration Day has been endorsed by national associations and the federal government. More than 5 million voters have been registered to vote on the holiday since 2012.

Public policy organization Dēmos takes a deep dive into voter suppression and ballot access issues in ten states.

Six decades after the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, our work remains unfinished. However, hope is not lost.

A study of 10 states’ voter purge policies released earlier this month identified potential barriers to voter participation and urged reform in Indiana and nine others.

Arizona is in litigation over a 2022 law that could allow for what some are calling “draconian purge practices” that lead to more Arizona voters being disenfranchised.

There are many good reasons for states to update their voter rolls in preparation for elections, but a new report contended many are too zealous about it, jeopardizing some people's right to vote.

The Florida governor created a new office for prosecuting election crimes — but no one wants to work there.

For too long, Black and brown people have been kept out of the promise of our democracy. If we are serious about building a just, multiracial democracy, we must restore the VRA and expand opportunities for participation in our democracy.  

Every inch of progress, from emancipation to voting rights, seemed impossible until grassroots organizing, and advocacy made it inevitable.

These wins are a reminder to the nation that rights for some but not for all is not how we build an inclusive democracy.

“In their genesis, they’re about preventing Black people in the South from voting. So especially in our pursuit of a multiracial, inclusive democracy, these laws can’t exist.”

How this Executive Order can be a tool to fight voter suppression, and why President Biden and the agencies cannot waste any more time in seeing it through. 

How U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) can assist thousands of New Americans to register to vote.

Young people are finding more inspiration than ever to vote and participate in the political process. President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting offers significant opportunities to make voter registration easier for youth voters.

In the midst of extreme efforts to undermine our democracy we need our government to take urgent action to protect and promote the fundamental right to vote

Fifty-seven years ago, the Voting Rights Act became law. Today we find our democracy regressed in a moment eerily similar to that turning point in 1965.