Lindsay Dahl

Even writing off every penny of student debt would cost less than Trump’s tax giveaways for corporations and the rich.

The GOP’s voter suppression laws are working. They need to be stopped before more states adopt them.

Letting small minorities of senators block things most Americans support delivers obstruction, not bipartisanship.

Prison gerrymandering inflates the political representation of districts that host prisons — without any say from the people inside them.

Rural prison towns need jobs. There are better ones than guarding people in cages.

As Arizona’s push to revive Nazi-era gas executions shows, the death penalty is barbaric.

The standard, often unreliable reporting on police killings dehumanizes victims — a fact my own family knows too well.

My faith teaches me to stand with the marginalized, whose voting rights are now under sustained assault.

The new administration has made some welcome changes, but Biden isn’t living up to all his promises — especially on detention.

The next administration needs to address this crisis and the war on drugs driving it.

After making the case that universal preschool is even more important under the pandemic, advocates easily won the vote by a 64-36 margin.

Muzzling Dissent exposes the money trail linking corporate lobbyists, elected officials, and anti-protest laws.

This year, we’re facing high COVID-19 infection rates, job losses, and voter suppression. But we are resilient.

Taking the census ensures your community gets its fair share of funding — and representation — during the pandemic and beyond.

Police departments are over-militarized at the local level, too. Ending the 1033 program is one way to change that.

This July 4, let’s lay claim to the freedom and equality we’ve celebrated for centuries, but seldom practiced.

Prison infection rates are out of control. We must release more vulnerable and low-risk people now if we’re serious about public safety.

We need no-excuse absentee voting now — and that’s the bare minimum.

Join a press call with international experts on the prospects for rolling back far-right movements in 2020.

When turnout climbs, Republicans lose. No wonder they’re closing polling places and purging voters all over the country.