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United States Supreme Court
Voters of color cannot be used as partisan pawns to gerrymander districts, as Black voters were in South Carolina. When they are, it is unconstitutional, and it should never be tolerated.
Press release/statement
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Candace Bond Theriault
Bond-Theriault works through a Black, queer feminist lens to drive change and build power.
Blog
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Dēmos examines ballot access issues, voter suppression in AZ, GA, OH, CA, IN, WI, MI, NC, TX, LA
Press release/statement

Evaluating ten states across a spectrum of voter removal practices on an important but often overlooked voting barrier: voter purges. Purges played a part in more than 19 million voters being removed between the 2020 and 2022 general elections.

Research
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I never cease to be amazed by how much power exists when Black women come together to reflect on where we’ve been, analyze where we are, and strategize on where we need to go.
Blog
Kiara Pesante Haughton
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Black mother and daughter looking at the city river
Why the Court's decision to limit the EPA's power to regulate water access is yet another case of eroding the power of the other branches of government at the expense of Black and brown people.
Blog
Ashley Tjhung
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SB 7050 Imposes Restrictions on Civic Participation and Discriminates Against Non-Citizen Voters
Press release/statement

The Supreme Court is deciding cases that involve critical decisions affecting our everyday lives while using a procedure that provides little to no transparency to the public.

Policy Briefs
Ashley Tjhung

In 2019, progressive organizations, funders, academics, artists, and more came together to strategize about what must be done to face and address the crises undermining our democracy.

Campaign
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Mature man talking in a megaphone during a protest in the street
Thoughts and prayers aren’t enough. We need accountability and action to stop the dissemination and spread of white supremacist rhetoric.
Blog
Karan Manohar