WaPo:
Last year, researchers at Facebook showed executives an example of the kind of hate speech circulating on the social network: an actual post featuring an image of four female Democratic lawmakers known collectively as “The Squad.”The poster, whose… Continue reading
The Guardian:
The US has been added to an annual list of “backsliding” democracies for the first time, the International IDEA thinktank has said, pointing to a “visible deterioration” it said began in 2019.
Globally, more than one in… Continue reading
KSAT:
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is mourning the loss of its longtime legal counsel, and San Antonio attorney Luis Roberto Vera, Jr.Vera, 65, died overnight in San Antonio following a lengthy battle with an illness,… Continue reading
Jessica Huseman for Votebeat:
Mitchell’s selection resulted from an unorthodox process by the Civil Rights commission, according to two people with direct knowledge of the process. In April, the commission changed the nominating procedures for members of the EAC… Continue reading
Michael Wines for the NYT:
Voting-rights advocates are in a North Carolina state court in Raleigh this month, arguing in three lawsuits that Republican gerrymanders of the State Legislature and the state’s 14 seats in the House of… Continue reading
Axios:
People who study democracies around the world will be watching the 2022 midterm elections for new signs of how vulnerable the U.S. system has become.Why it matters: Even if the true test doesn’t come until the 2024 presidential election,… Continue reading
LAT:
Activists are urging the creation of a congressional district that links LGBTQ populations in Long Beach and coastal northern Orange County. Civil-rights groups say a plan to split up a Los Angeles-area district — the most heavily Latino in … Continue reading
Kenneth P. Vogel and Kate Kelly, N.Y. Times
Business and conservative big donors turn their attention to the two Democratic Senators that hold the key to stopping a transformative version of Biden’s agenda.
“Even as Ms. Sinema and Mr. Manchin,… Continue reading