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Voting Rights Act

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Eastern Washington May Get Its Own Latino Legislative District

    ​The ACLU has tallied the number of Latino residents in eastern Washington and decided that there are enough to warrant a whole new legislative district.

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Reader: Prisoners Shouldn't be Allowed to Vote

    FlickrA Washington state appeals court ruling has started an argument over whether or not inmates should be allowed to vote.​Reader Angie responds to As Rob McKenna Appeals The 'Felon Voting Rights Act' to the U.S. Supreme Court, He'll Likely Have At Least One Vote Against Him. "This case has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Will The Ruling on Felon Voting Survive Appeal?

    Incarcerated, but politically motivated? Talk to this guy.​Notoriously liberal though it might be, would the 9th Circuit Court overturn its own appeals court's decision to grant felons the right to vote? Ryan Haygood doesn't think so. Haygood, NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorney, and member of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Federal Court Rules That Washington Inmates Should Be Allowed To Vote--And By the Way, the Justice System is Racist

    Picture these with an "I Voted" sticker attached​Imagine if you will a world in which the 18,500 men and women currently serving felony time in the state of Washington were suddenly given the right to vote. Would some forward-thinking politico take their case to them via direct mailing, or b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    The Political (and Pliable) Line in the Sand

    The Original Information Revolution (Click for larger image)​ The dirty little secret of American politics is that lawmakers get to pick the voters before voters pick them! When you vote for your congressperson or state legislator, somebody put you and your neighbors into a political district ... More >>

  • Arts

    May 3, 2006

    The Home Front

    Do we have to hate America in order to get out of Iraq? Two new titles provide a perspective.

  • News

    December 27, 2000

    White noise

    Do we have to hate America in order to get out of Iraq? Two new titles provide a perspective.

  • Arts

    May 17, 2000

    Southern inhospitality

    A play written with contempt for its characters.

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