Posted on August 30, 2016
A good summer for voting rights, but there’s more work to do
Fighting for voting rights is a fundamental progressive value and central to CREDO’s advocacy. That’s why we’ve included organizations such as Project Vote, the Voter Participation Center, and the Brennan Center for Justice in our monthly donations elections …
Posted on August 22, 2016
Celebrating Women’s Equality Day and the right to vote
August 26 is the 96th anniversary of women being granted the right to vote. The ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 is now celebrated as Women’s Equality Day in the United States, after groundbreaking Congresswoman Bella Abzug …
Posted on July 29, 2016
MUST WATCH: Reverend William J. Barber II on Reviving the Heart of Our Democracy
If you haven’t yet, please take a moment to watch Reverend William J. Barber II’s powerful remarks Thursday at the Democratic National Convention: A transcript of Rev. Barber’s remarks can be found below.
Posted on April 5, 2016
Great news: The DOJ is investigating voter disenfranchisement in Arizona
Big news: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation into voter disenfranchisement in Arizona’s March 22 primary election.1 This development came after more than 113,000 other CREDO activists signed our petition to the DOJ demanding an …
Posted on February 22, 2016
How CREDO is fighting for voting rights
Thanks to the Supreme Court’s disastrous 2013 Shelby County vs. Holder decision, which gutted the Voting Rights Act by rendering Section 5 inoperable, 2016 will be the first presidential election in more than 50 years in which voters …
Posted on January 28, 2016
It’s time to fix the Voting Rights Act
In 2013, the right-wing ideologues on the Supreme Court handed down a shameful decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act, ending decades of protection for minorities against discriminatory and unfair attempts to limit voting on the basis of …
Posted on July 10, 2015
Petition: Fix the Voting Rights Act now
Fifty years ago this summer, at the height of the civil rights movement, Congress passed and President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act to prohibit racial discrimination in voting. The law wasn’t perfect, but it frequently …
