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The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Hammering Local Journalism

The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Hammering Local Journalism

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Media. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Jerry Iannelli, a staff reporter with the Miami New Times, an alternative weekly publication, was at Target on Tuesday stocking up on supplies for life under coronavirus social-distancing guidelines when he got an email from his paper’s corporate management.Iannelli, like countless reporters nationwide, has spent the last two weeks working day and night to cover the spread of the pandemic and its effects on his community, providing vital coverage to readers desperate to keep up with news about the virus, official...

March 19, 2020
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A Radical Right-Wing Dream To Rewrite The Constitution Is Close To Coming True

A Radical Right-Wing Dream To Rewrite The Constitution Is Close To Coming True

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisement“Any civil rights, any constitutional protection in the Constitution could be up for grabs in this constitutional convention.”- Jay Riestenberg, Common CauseAdvertisementAdvertisementWyoming joined four years later, but no other state picked up the baton until the 1970s, when conservatives widely adopted the cause. Between 1973 and 1979, 29 states called for a convention to consider a Balanced Budget Amendment, a proposal that economists have repeatedly warned would hamstring the...

April 27, 2021
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Texas Voting Groups Pressure Corporations To Oppose GOP Voter Suppression Push

Texas Voting Groups Pressure Corporations To Oppose GOP Voter Suppression Push

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAgree. Free, fair, equitable access to voting is the foundation of American democracy. Those rights - especially for women, communities of color - have been hard-earned. Governments should ensure citizens have their voices heard. HB6 does the opposite, and we are opposed to it. — Michael Dell (@MichaelDell)“We believe the right to vote is sacred and we support voting laws that make it easier for more Americans to vote in free, fair and secure elections,”...

April 6, 2021
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Brazil’s COVID-19 Crisis Spirals Out Of Control: 'It’s Like A Battlefield'

Brazil’s COVID-19 Crisis Spirals Out Of Control: 'It’s Like A Battlefield'

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March 26, 2021
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Democrats Have A Choice: They Can Enact Their Agenda Or Keep The Filibuster

Democrats Have A Choice: They Can Enact Their Agenda Or Keep The Filibuster

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut Sinema and Manchin both back other key parts of the Democratic agenda that cannot win 60 votes, meaning they are effectively making the choice to prioritize an arcane Senate rule and the increasingly inconceivable over legislative proposals that would benefit millions of Americans, and that majorities of voters favor.“The filibuster,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) , “is killing our democracy.”Senate Democrats last month as Senate Bill 1 last month, positioning the...

February 26, 2021
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A Majority Of Americans Want To Make It Easier To Vote By Mail

A Majority Of Americans Want To Make It Easier To Vote By Mail

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February 22, 2021
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Major Conservative Groups Are Fueling A State-Level Push To Hamper COVID-19 Restrictions

Major Conservative Groups Are Fueling A State-Level Push To Hamper COVID-19 Restrictions

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementMany of the bills proceeding in those states and others appear to be based at least partially on model legislation proposed by the American Legislative Exchange Council, an organization of thousands of state legislators and deep-pocketed corporate interests that has for years helped push conservative policy priorities on the state level, a HuffPost analysis of the bills found. AdvertisementFights between governors and legislatures have touched off political power struggles across the nation at a...

February 5, 2021
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Republican State Legislatures Are Radicalizing Against Democracy

Republican State Legislatures Are Radicalizing Against Democracy

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“So far this year, Pennsylvania lawmakers have introduced 14 pieces of legislation meant to limit voting rights, more than in any other state.”AdvertisementAdvertisementBack in state capitals like Harrisburg, those conspiracy theories are now driving efforts to erode voting rights and curtail access to the ballot.“This climate has reenergized the push to roll back progress on voting,” said Hannah Fried, the national campaign director at All Voting Is Local, a voting...

February 1, 2021
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Georgia Poll Closures Limit Black, Latino Voting In Senate Runoffs, Advocates Say

Georgia Poll Closures Limit Black, Latino Voting In Senate Runoffs, Advocates Say

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×voting rights groups on Wednesday denounced election officials in Hall County, Georgia, for opening fewer early voting sites, which the groups say is limiting turnout of Black and Latino voters during crucial January runoff elections that will .Officials in the county, which is located about an hour northeast of Atlanta, opened four polling locations when early voting in the runoffs began Dec. 14. That’s down from eight early voting locations for the November elections.AdvertisementThe two Jan. 5 contests pit...

December 23, 2020
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Georgia's Blue Shift Is A Lesson For Progressive Organizers Across The South

Georgia's Blue Shift Is A Lesson For Progressive Organizers Across The South

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×news outlets finally began to call President-elect the winner in Georgia, a state that hadn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1992. For years, groups have been organizing and engaging Georgia’s substantial Black, Latino and Asian American populations, pushing Democratic candidates to appeal directly to those voters, and beating back decades of efforts to suppress minority votes. And now that they’ve succeeded, progressive organizers across the South are looking to Georgia for lessons in how...

November 14, 2020
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