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CNNSep 13, 2022
Can Democrats break the GOP stranglehold on the states?
Over the past two years, Republicans have used their dominant hold on most state legislatures to advance a polarizing agenda moving social policy sharply to the right on issues... -
Sep 12, 2022
Forward Majority Macro Trends Analysis
Click to view Forward Majority’s Macro Trends Analysis. Earlier this year, Forward Majority set out to do something that Democrats rarely do: think strategically about long-term power-building. We conducted... -
NBC NewsAug 25, 2022
Democratic group plots to flip state legislative seats this cycle
As Republicans across the country work to take back the House of Representatives, some Democrats are focusing their efforts elsewhere — on flipping the statehouse. One Democratic group, Forward... -
POLITICOAug 1, 2022
The 4 big themes of the August primaries
FIRST IN SCORE — WAY DOWN BALLOT — Forward Majority, a liberal group that focuses on downballot races, is out with a new memo marking 100 days until the election. The memo... -
NewsweekAug 1, 2022
The Worst Supreme Court Decision Is Yet to Come | Opinion
Former Senator Tim Wirth and I wrote a column recently on how a Republican landslide in the House of Representatives races this fall will create a very clear path... -
Jul 29, 2022
100 Days Out
Threats to American democracy have never been greater. GOP trifecta states gerrymander the maps in their favor and restrict voting rights. And even as Donald Trump’s treason is laid...
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Newsweek
Jul 27, 2022
How Democrats Can Kneecap the Supreme Court’s Next Attack on Democracy | Opinion
Amid the Supreme Court‘s recent onslaught of controversial decisions, one alarming order went relatively unnoticed. The justices announced that they will hear Moore v. Harper in their next term, potentially triggering a series... Read More -
Washington Post
Jul 1, 2022
Democracy advocates raise alarm after Supreme Court takes election case
Voting rights advocates expressed alarm Friday, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court said it will consider a conservative legal theory giving state legislatures virtually unchecked power over federal elections, warning... Read More -
TIME
Jul 1, 2022
The Midterms Could Determine Abortion Access in These States
In Wisconsin, the Supreme Court’s decision last Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade had an almost instantaneous effect: as soon as the Justices issued their opinion, medical providers across the state immediately... Read More -
The Hill
Jun 25, 2022
Roe v. Wade ruling injects new urgency into midterms for Democrats
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade catapulted the issue of abortion rights directly into the midterms campaign on Friday, with Democrats seeking to put the issue... Read More -
Salon
Jun 24, 2022
“We won’t go back!”: Spontaneous protests break out across U.S. after Supreme Court overturns Roe
People and advocacy groups across the nation rushed to voice outrage and organize rapid-response demonstrations Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing supermajority voided half a century of reproductive rights... Read More -
POLITICO
Jun 6, 2022
The ’24 race begins in 3 states in ’22
MUST-WATCH MIDTERMS — State legislatures increasingly shape American politics — from Covid to culture wars. In 2022 alone, statehouses have become the primary battlegrounds for abortion rights and gun legislation.... Read More