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50 years since the 26th amendment

July 5, 2021
Rock the Vote?Does anyone remember this? Or this? Okay. Videos and efforts to turn out youth voters have existed for as long as I can remember, going back to my middle school age—which is before that Madonna video above. The truth is, Democratic efforts are built on young people. We know and have known for quite

Georgia Republicans Pass the Most Restrictive Voting Laws Since Jim Crow – BillMoyers.com

March 11, 2021
MARIETTA, GA – OCTOBER 18: Voters wait in line for up to two hours to early vote at the Cobb County West Park Government Center on October 18, 2018 in Marietta, Georgia. Early voting started in Georgia on October 15th. Georgia’s Gubernatorial election is a close race between Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams and Republican candidate

Tuesday Night Owls: Billionaires' gain$ since March could fund Biden's relief for working families

January 26, 2021
Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week. Chuck Collins at the Institute for Policy Studies reports—U.S. Billionaire Wealth Surpasses $1.1 Trillion Gain Since Mid-March: The $1.1 trillion wealth gain by 660 U.S. billionaires since March 2020 could pay for: All of the relief for working families contained

Support for stricter US gun laws at lowest level since 2016

November 17, 2020
Support for tougher gun laws has dropped to its lowest levels since 2016 as gun sales reached record highs this year amid the coronavirus pandemic and a spike in violent crime nationwide. Around 57 percent of Americans favor stricter laws covering the sale of firearms, a seven-percentage point decline since last year, according to a