Adam Jentleson on Twitter: @AJentleson Purchase Adam Jentleson’s book Kill Switch – The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy HERE. Adam Jentleson at The Atlantic: How to Stop the Minority-Rule Doom Loop Jordan Zakarin on Twitter: @JordanZakarin Jordan Zakarin at Progressives Everywhere: Ohio’s Gerrymandered Theocracy Exhibit the Stakes of Voting Rights Progressives Everywhere’s website: ProgressiveseEerywhere.substack.com […]

Hakeem Jefferson on Twitter: @hakeemjefferson Read the letter regarding the moment of crisis for American democracy we are currently in and how critical it is that we pass the For the People Act, co-written by Hakeem Jefferson and signed by over 1,000 political scientists HERE. Jennifer Chudy and Hakeem Jefferson at The New York Times: Support for Black Lives Matter […]

Man, that’s GOTTA hurt… While there have been a few rational actors in the Michigan Republican legislative caucus who have refused to subscribe to The Big Lie that Donald Trump won more votes than Joe Biden in Michigan and, in fact, across the entire country, most have been vocally all in on it. The only the way The Big Lie […]

On a hot day in early summer last year, there was a press conference held on the lawn of the Mason Historical Courthouse in Ingham County. It was being held by the Islam’s Secret Agents. The is the sort of intemperate rhetoric that serves no purpose but to mislead and rile a certain group of people. For those who may […]

The following essay was written by Daniel Caracheo Teniente. Daniel is a senior at Davenport University in Grand Rapids and an Immigrant Rights organizer with Michigan United. Since 2014, June has marked Immigrant Heritage Month in the United States. This month encourages us to reflect on our history as a nation of immigrants, appreciate the ways in which immigration enriches […]

Jocelyn Benson on Twitter: @JocelynBenson Purchase Jocelyn Benson’s book State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process HERE. Samuel Robinson at Mlive.com: Michigan Senate passes controversial election bills that put emphasis on ID requirements Heritage Action for America: Heritage Action Launches Election Integrity Campaign, Commits Over $10 Million Must-watch video: Heritage admits it is writing voter suppression laws for […]

We’ve known this day was coming for a long time but now it is upon us. Republicans in the Michigan state senate are poised to take up three voter suppression bills tomorrow, June 16th, and urgent action is needed. As one state senator I spoke with put it, “We need to flood the Republican phone lines.” The bills are Senate […]

Ian Haney-López on Twitter: @IanHaneyLopez Ian Haney-López’s website: IanHaneyLopez.com Purchase Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America HERE. Purchase Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism & Wrecked the Middle Class HERE. The Race-Class Narrative Academy can be found at Race-Class-Academy.com. Across the country, lawmakers are pushing laws banning “critical race theory." It’s […]

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As America emerges from the Dark Year of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is crystal clear: we have a childcare crisis in this country. While jobs are opening up nearly everywhere, employers struggle to find employees to fill their vacant positions. One reason is that the jobs people are being offered pay less than the ones they left due to […]

Marcy Wheeler on Twitter: @emptywheel Marcy Wheeler’s website: EmptyWheel.net Marcy Wheeler at EmptyWheel.net: Republicans filibuster keeping the Capitol Safe Marcy Wheeler at EmptyWheel.net: In [legal] defense of the Nazi Marcy Wheeler at EmptyWheel.net: Bill Barr issued prosecution declinations for three crimes in progress Jordan Zakarin on Twitter: @JordanZakarin We have raised more than $33,000 for the @FLRightsRestore over the past […]