Maybe it’s just wishful thinking, but Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement offers Republicans a real opportunity. No, not the opportunity to install yet another hard-right conservative on […]
Tag: voting rights
In voting rights battle, moderate Republicans allowed to duck issue
by Tonja Jacobi and Warren Snead At a time when Republican leadership has come to tolerate, or even embrace, Donald Trump’s “big lie,” 19 states have acted […]
Jan. 23 letters to the editor
Thank you to MLK Jr. Day participants On behalf of the Community Coalition for Social Justice, it is my pleasure to thank those who contributed to the […]
Dear white conservatives:
When you’re right, you’re right. And you are definitely right about that quote from Martin Luther King. When he stood at the temple of Lincoln in 1963 […]
What it means for everyone to have the freedom to vote
The Senate is now considering the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. There’s a lot of talk of what these bills […]
Lying lips: If politicians say it, it must not be true
How do you know when a politician is lying? Answer: when his lips are moving. It’s an old joke, but it fits the Biden administration. The president […]
Keep the filibuster
President Biden went to Georgia Tuesday to try to drum up enthusiasm for federal “voting rights” legislation. The dark symbolism cannot be avoided — the president making […]
Jan. 6 insurrection a dress rehearsal for something far worse
It was an act of country love. This is what we have repeatedly been told about the insurrection at the Capitol, one year ago this week. The […]
When states take away voting access, Congress must act
When speaking to members of the press late last week, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito offered the following rationale for the GOP filibuster of the Freedom to Vote […]
Capito talks with WV press about voting rights bill, earmarks, drinking water, filibuster
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito met with members of the West Virginia press Thursday to talk about the federal elections bill, inflation, clean drinking water and […]