Due to the inability of congressional Democrats to kill the filibuster, Republicans have once against successfully managed to kill the voting rights bill, the Freedom to Vote Act, in the…
Voter suppression
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The battle between Texas Democrats and Republicans is intensifying as Democratic lawmakers have fled the state to hinder Republicans’ efforts of passing the voter suppression bill. As Democratic House Representatives…
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US Politics
Democrats Only Way to Stop Voter Suppression is to Lock Horns with Conservative Supreme Court
by Eli Mshomiby Eli MshomiDemocrats are out of options now for the moment in their pursuit of voting rights. In a time when Republicans are continuously proposing new restrictions in the election laws using…
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US Politics
Done with Georgia: Texas is the Republicans New Hub of Voter Suppression
by Eli Mshomiby Eli MshomiThe shrinking lead of Republicans in Texas in the 2020 presidential elections has motivated Texas Republicans to take sweeping voter suppression measures in the state. As the US Supreme Court…
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US Politics
Trumpism Enters Supreme Court: Voter Suppression at its Peak with Judiciary Endorsement
by Eli Mshomiby Eli MshomiThe United States Supreme Court, believing in the tenet of conservatism, has started backing Republican efforts to promote voter suppression. The US Supreme Court gave Republicans the leeway of their…
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US Politics
Department of Justice Action Against Georgia Voting Laws: It’s Time to Nip the Evil in the Bud
by Eli Mshomiby Eli Mshomi“This lawsuit is the first step of many we are taking to ensure that all eligible voters can cast a vote, that all lawful votes are counted, and that every…
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US Politics
Electronic Poll Books: An Instrument of Voter Suppression Needs Urgent Attention
by Eli Mshomiby Eli MshomiElectronic poll books have often been advocated as the easiest and fastest way of checking voters’ credentials before allowing them to vote. However, the credibility of e-poll books has been…
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US Congress Legislations
BLACKS ARE DONESVILLE! Democrats Must Play Trump Card to Pass John Lewis Voting Act
by Eli Mshomiby Eli MshomiThe talks about voter suppression by the Republicans have become a new norm in the post-Trump era. This Republican bias is primarily driven against communities of color, where senseless laws,…
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US Congress Legislations
Senate Bill 7: Republican Evils of Disenfranchising Voters of Texas
by Eli Mshomiby Eli MshomiAmong the things having no stoppage, Republicans’ voter suppression seems to be the top one. After cementing their regressive agenda of voter suppression in states like Georgia and Iowa, this…
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Racial Justice
BIDEN, BE ANGRY! Or you will be just a one-time President like Trump
by Eli Mshomiby Eli MshomiIn these testing times of voter suppression when Black Americans are facing the wrath of the Republicans’ regressive election legislation, Biden’s soft style to respond to Republicans depicts a pressing…
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US Politics
Vaccine Passport Politics: Instrument of COVID-Immunity for Democrats, Nonsense for Republicans
by Eli Mshomiby Eli MshomiIn a bid to tackle the devastation perpetrated by the contagious coronavirus, the strategy of the Biden administration to introduce a vaccine passport seems an ambitious plan. The vaccine denial…
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US Politics
Party of Disenfranchisement: Republicans Introduce “Jim Crow in the 21st Century” in Georgia
by Eli Mshomiby Eli MshomiIn between the trying times, when thousands of Americans were already struggling to vote in one way or another, Georgia passed a voting law that would restrict Georgian’s right to…
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US Congress Legislations
HR 1 Bill: A Nightmare to Republicans Voter Suppression Strategies
by Eli Mshomiby Eli MshomiThe United States has suffered for a long time from Republicans‘ ever-lasting voter suppression strategies that they pursued for ages. From putting roadblocks in the voter registration process to curbing…
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Racial Justice
Jim Crow Rising: Republican Voter Suppression on Steroids
by Eli Mshomiby Eli MshomiDonald Trump might have lost all the election lawsuits of voter fraud, but the struggle for Republicans to sabotage voting efforts in the United States seems to have no end. …
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US Politics
Michelle Tremillo and Brianna Brown: The Political Stalwarts on a Mission to Turn Texas Blue
by Eli Mshomiby Eli MshomiJimmy Carter was the last Democrat winning Texas back in the 1976 presidential elections. Since then, it has emerged as a stronghold of Republicans, just like Georgia, which eventually turned…
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US Politics
Is the Main Strategy for Republicans to win in Georgia Voter Suppression?
by Eli Mshomiby Eli MshomiVoter suppression is a long-practiced strategy of the Republicans to win the elections by unfair means. The same is the case in Georgia runoff elections, as Georgia voter suppression is…