voting
White supremacy and the Latino vote
Journalist Paola Ramos takes a nuanced look at the world of right-wing Latinos, revealing the logic behind their ideology.
Voting is important. It isn’t sacred.
Casting your ballot means voicing a preference—not a moral conviction or deep, spiritual alignment.
Catholicism and the secular state
The intertwining of the Catholic Church and politics, from World War I to Trump
The right to vote only matters if it’s enforced
The voting rights provisions of the “For the People Act” should be uncontroversial.
The way out of partisan gerrymandering
Beyond the current Supreme Court case, there are deeper problems—and possible solutions.
Asian Americans and their various votes
How will Asian Americans vote? That's not a simple question.
Casting my (provisional) ballot
I got up before dawn today. (My farmer wife does this every day; I try, with mixed results, to keep her hours.) We got to the polls just as they were opening.
For the first time in the eight or nine times I’ve voted in Chicago, my name wasn’t on the list. I had my voter registration card with me, so nobody challenged my eligibility. But I did have to cast a provisional ballot, which might or might not eventually be counted.
Are Democrats more likely to be anti-Mormon?
"Between now and Election Day," writes Peter Beinart, "anti-Mormonism is going to be the Democratic Party’s constant temptation for one simple reason: there are votes in it." I'm not sure I'd call it the party's "constant temptation," but Beinart is certainly right that bigotry against Mormons remains a politically potent force in the U.S., and that the Democrats aren't above exploiting it.
But is Beinart right that the Democrats have a bigger religious bigotry problem here than the Republicans do?