WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Alliance for Justice issued the following news release: Last week, Republican state lawmakers and conservatives on the Wisconsin Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court forced an election with inflexible absentee ballot submission policies in the midst of a deadly pandemic. African-American populations were especially disenfranchised, particularly in Milwaukee, where only five of 180 polling places were open due to shortages of poll workers. As Alliance for Justice Seni  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 16 -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit unanimously upheld a lower court decision to deny an attempt by the Michigan Republican Party and special interests to undermine Michigan's voter-initiated Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission by delaying its implementation. Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is representing Voters Not Politicians in the case to protect the commission, and CLC's Paul Smith g  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, called on state and national Republican Party leaders to repudiate the Islamophobic, unconstitutional statements of a GOP congressional candidate in Iowa who claims Islam should be eliminated from the United States. Rick Phillips, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 18 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following transcript of an interview with Ari Melber on MSNBC: Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Ari Melber on MSNBC's The Beat with Ari Melber for an interview discussing the latest in the ongoing efforts to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Ari Melber. Having heard from the leader of the Executive branch, we turn to the leader of the Congressional branch. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joins me live. Good ev  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, joined Deep State Radio podcast with David Rothkopf, Just Security's Ryan Goodman and Council on Foreign Relation's Laurie Garrett last week to discuss the geopolitical implications of the Trump administration's handling of the COVID-  more