Politics

Harriet Jacobs hid in a crawl space for seven years, and Rep. Nicole Collier slept on the Texas state House floor. Black women do not bow.

California’s redistricting effort is in direct response to Texas drafting a new electoral map, adding five House seats in Republican districts.

Republicans in Georgia’s biggest county asked a state court to hold Democrats in contempt of court for blocking the appointment of two election deniers to the board of elections.

Make no mistake -- MAGA isn’t a movement; it’s the Confederacy reborn, and if we don’t fight back at every turn, America as we know it will not survive.

As we head toward the 2026 Midterm Elections, it's important to be discerning about whose information and advice you consume. You could be listening to the wrong people.

The irony is staggering; Putin, the leader of a country condemned globally for staging sham elections, is now dictating America’s democratic playbook to its own president.

Here are five key facts that shed light on Texas State Representative Nicole Collier's life, work, and impact on Texas politics.

Dozens of Democratic legislators in Texas have ended their two-week standoff by returning to the state, allowing the Texas House to form a quorum and approve a new electoral map favored by President Trump. The Democrats had fled the state to prevent a vote on redistricting legislation that would create five new Republican-friendly congressional seats. […]

The former Attorney General has been a staunch opponent of gerrymandering and has called the Texas redistricting effort a threat to democracy.

Economic boycotts have a long history in American politics as a means of driving change and bringing entrenched power structures to their knees. 

The president claims his deployment of the National Guard is about crime. The truth? It’s about control—and silencing the people who call this city home.

In this op-ed, Dr. Stacey Patton discusses Donald Trump's latest political stunt: unleashing the National Guard on the streets of Washington, D.C.