Here are the nation’s great editorial cartoonists responding to this week’s top news stories. Refugees at our Border By Rob Jacobs By Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution By Dan Wasserman SCOTUS Gerrymandering Decision By Bill Bramhall, New York… Read More ›
The decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census could affect how many U.S. Representatives every state gets to send to Congress in the next decade. Some states will gain while others lose. But I am of the… Read More ›
What do Republican gerrymandering and the 2020 census have in common? They share the same architect. Yes, this architect worked on these democracy-bending projects for the Republicans in order to be “advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites.” We’ve all guessed… Read More ›
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has long been considered one of the most important pieces of legislation for civil rights. But its aims have been under increasing attack particularly in the past few years. In order to help protect… Read More ›
Gerrymandering has long been considered to be anti-democratic and an effective voter suppression tool. Particularly after the 2010 Census and with the Republicans in control of so many state legislatures, gerrymandering happened everywhere. In a true representative democracy, politicians should… Read More ›
Listening to, and later reading about, yesterday’s SCOTUS testimony was hard. Really hard. I remain in awe of what Dr. Christine Blasey Ford did. The only thing she stood to gain was to protect the highest court in her country…. Read More ›
Don’t you believe for one second that the Kavanaugh nomination fight can only be fought on Capitol Hill. If you feel strongly about the workings of our government, you must let your elected representatives know. They are aware that the… Read More ›
Today, I’m going to let the editorial cartoonists speak about this disaster of a Supreme Court nomination. From Clay Jones: From Pat Bagley: From Matt Davies: From Mike Luckovich: ⚡
Tell the Senate NO to Perjuring, Corrupt, Anti-Rule of Law Judge Kavanaugh Your Action Call your Senators at (202) 224-3121 and tell them to vote NO on Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. Background Everyone knew Brett Kavanaugh was… Read More ›
It kills me that Trump has gotten to pick a second nominee for the Supreme Court in less than two years. No matter how this plays out (and I’ll talk about that) it is really important that our Senators hear… Read More ›
My friend at DemWritePress wrote an thoughtful piece about how to think about the SCOTUS vacancy going forward. I encourage you to read it. This is high-stakes political chess. Mueller, the 2018 elections, the preservation of democracy, and even impeachment are… Read More ›
Hearing about Supreme Court Justice Kennedy’s retirement was a gut punch, I won’t lie. But I’ve had some time to digest it and talk to some smart friends. I’m now more calm but importantly, more fiercely determined. I know what… Read More ›
The recent Supreme Court decisions have made a lot of us feel all that more determined to win as many seats as possible this November. An alternate timeline, one where Mitch McConnell didn’t have the votes to block Merrick Garland’s… Read More ›
