There’s a new infuriating headline every day, each one more damning than the last. We think we see the wheels coming off the other side’s operation, But, we cannot become distracted by the endless news cycles. We cannot become complacent.
MOVE Texas Brings Art Into The Electoral Battle
Voting During A Pandemic: How Airlift Groups Make Democracy Safer
The DROP - September 2020 - Issue 2
[Series] On The Ground: OCCET
One of the biggest success stories from the 2018 mid-terms was Orange County, the once solidly Republican vast population center in Southern California. All four of Orange County’s Republican-held U.S. House seats flipped blue, as did a district attorney, county supervisor, and two state legislature seats. Voter turnout was the highest it has been in decades for a mid-term election.
The Power Of The Right To Vote
One hundred years ago in August, the 19th Amendment granted American women the right to vote. One hundred and fifty two years ago the 14th amendment granted full citizenship to all persons “born or naturalized” in the United States, thus allowing People of Color to vote. However, census data shows that only 61.4% of eligible citizens reported voting in the 2016 presidential election.
The DROP - September 2020 - Issue 1
[Series] On The Ground: BLOC
All eyes have been on Wisconsin since at least the 2016 election. That’s when the state was part of the crumbling blue wall that handed Donald Trump an electoral college victory. Wisconsin has always been hard-fought political turf, with strong progressive and far-right movements battling it out for control.