Rep. Jeffries: The American Rescue Plan is meeting the moment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccinations are up. Infections are down. $1,400 survival checks are on the way. This week, important gun violence prevention legislative measures voted on the floor is expected to pass with bipartisan support. America has 4% of the world’s population, 40% of the world’s guns. Because of loopholes that currently exist […]readmore

House passes $1.9tn Covid relief plan in major legislative victory for the President A divided Congress passed a landmark $1.9tn coronavirus relief bill Wednesday, delivering the first major legislative victory of Joe Biden’s presidency and a promise to raise millions of Americans out of poverty. In a near-party line vote of 220 to 211, the US House […]readmore

Michael WaldmanThe Brennan CenterLater this year, states will begin the process of redrawing their congressional maps. It’s the same fraught and abuse-prone process that happens every 10 years after the census count is finalized. But in a new report released last week, Michael Li shows that the next round of redistricting in 2021 and 2022 will be […]readmore

By Samantha Derrick |www.dailycal.orgAs in recent election cycles, the 2020 election saw numerous reports of widespread voter suppression, both blatant and subtle, across the United States. Although voter suppression is a pervasive issue — and one that’s been ongoing for centuries — it remains difficult to quantify exactly how many voters may have been intentionally blocked […]readmore

The Republican-led House in Georgia has passed a sweeping bill to make it harder to vote, in a move aimed to prevent Democrats from winning future elections. The bill limits access to absentee ballots, limits weekend early voting hours and curbs ballot drop boxes, among other provisions. Across the U.S., Republican lawmakers have introduced more […]readmore

NEW YORK –Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Amazon over its failures to provide adequate health and safety measures for employees at the company’s New York facilities and Amazon’s retaliatory actions against multiple employees amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In failing to maintain a safe work environment by reasonably protecting workers from the spread of COVID-19, Amazon violated New York […]readmore

The National Board of The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced Jamaican American lawyer/law professor Deborah Archer as its national board new president.An established civil rights lawyer, scholar, and teacher, Archer began her career as the Marvin M. Karpatkin Legal Fellow at the ACLU. She has been a member of the ACLU board since 2009, […]readmore