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A toolkit to help local leaders and communities identify and act on the warning signs of a wrongful purge and to understand how federal law restricts  such purges.

Policy Briefs
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Milwaukee Census and Voter turnout map
Our analysis of 2020 election data shows how COVID exposed the flaws in our current election system and disproportionately affected Black and brown voters in Milwaukee. All cities and counties should take note to pass the necessary policies to protect voters.
Blog
Shruti Banerjee
Dr. Megan Gall, All Voting Is Local
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Young smiling voter at voting booth
Now is a moment to fix longstanding inequities in our voting systems and build a more inclusive democracy, rather than solely seeking out emergency, short-term policy changes.
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Laura Williamson
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Masked postman pushing dolly on empty street
The Postal Service faces a $13 billion revenue loss this fiscal year alone; If the Postal Service is allowed to fail, it will be a tremendous blow to all Americans.
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Amy Traub

Progressives must see every policy fight as about more than its issues —it's an opportunity to shift power to Black and brown communities and working families. 

Policy Briefs
K. Sabeel Rahman
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New Orleans oil refinery factory at a distance across a bay on an overcast day
The COVID-19 pandemic is an environmental justice crisis—it has exposed inequalities that have persisted in places across the country with decades of pollution.
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Adrien Salazar
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Black voter at a distance in a voting booth with an empty booth in the foreground
The Ohio legislature created a wholly avoidable, overly complicated situation that makes Ohioans jump through hoops to vote. Ohio voters: we want to hear about your experience.
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Naila Awan
Emerson Gordon-Marvin

The specter of voter fraud is a talking point deployed to silence the voices of Black and brown voters across the country.

Policy Briefs
Chiraag Bains
Laura Williamson
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Diverse group of people wearing masks
This pandemic is revealing the deeper inequities for Black and brown people that have always been present in our economy and democracy but that are often papered over in ordinary times.
Blog
K. Sabeel Rahman

We urge Ohio to take immediate action to ease and modify absentee ballot
laws so that thousands of voters are not disenfranchised during Ohio’s March 17, 2020 primary.

Testimony and Public Comment
Brenda Wright
Jen Miller
Ezra Rosenberg
Pooja Chaudhuri