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Category: Democracy

What happens when you follow the money? We dig deep to reveal what drives power and influence in the United States.

The courthouse is shown at a looming angle with clouds swirling above. It is a pale-colored building with columns and the words "Law and Justice" inscribed on stone.
Posted inHigh Courts, High Stakes

America’s state supreme courts don’t look like America

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson September 6, 2023September 7, 2023

Over the last three-plus decades, America’s state supreme courts have become less — not more — reflective of the nation’s racial and ethnic makeup. This story also appeared in USA TODAY That’s according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of data from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law […]

Posted inInside Public Integrity

Fundraising ‘schemes’ investigated by Public Integrity lead to arrests

by The Center for Public Integrity August 18, 2023August 18, 2023
The Supreme Court building in Raleigh, North Carolina, has the words law and justice etched on its facade.
Posted inHigh Courts, High Stakes

‘Lose the courts, lose the war’: The battle over voting in North Carolina

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson July 25, 2023July 25, 2023
A map of the United States is covered in icons of supreme court buildings.
Posted inHigh Courts, High Stakes

State high courts get limited attention. Here’s how to change that.

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson July 24, 2023July 24, 2023
A state supreme court building is sinking as it is being washed under a sea of red.
Posted inHigh Courts, High Stakes

How Republicans flipped America’s state supreme courts

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson July 24, 2023July 24, 2023
Posted inDemocracy

A Gen Z voting activist discusses the ‘war on youth’

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson June 30, 2023June 29, 2023
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Posted inInside Public Integrity

Public Integrity voting inequity investigation wins National Headliner Award

by The Center for Public Integrity May 10, 2023May 10, 2023
Posted inDemocracy

‘What the court misunderstood is just how fragile our democracy is’

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson April 7, 2023April 6, 2023
Posted inDemocracy

Chicago’s FOIA Fest celebrates open government

Avatar photo by María Inés Zamudio March 17, 2023March 15, 2023
The Wilmington skyline is visible against a dusky sky.
Posted inWho Counts?

How one city ended prison gerrymandering

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson February 17, 2023February 21, 2023
Several 'I Voted! Did You?' stickers are shown.
Posted inWho Counts?

This year’s ballot measures will change how many Americans vote

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson December 15, 2022December 13, 2022
A white man with short brown hair, glasses and a beard and mustache hugs a Black man wearing a pinstripe suit whose back is to the camera, while a white woman with blonde hair and sunglasses and a white man in a blue, button-down shirt stand in the background wearing a partially obscured Black T-shirt that says, "Let My People Vote."
Posted inWho Counts?

How a Jim Crow-era strategy blocked 4.6 million people from voting in 2022

Avatar photo by Matt DeRienzo December 8, 2022December 8, 2022
A woman wearing an orange face masks holds her hand over her heart as she holds a green vinyl banner with other demonstrators that says Immigrants are #HereToStay. Other demonstrators are pictured behind them along with Washington, D.C., buildings.
Posted inWho Counts?

Cities want noncitizens to vote on local matters. GOP sees a target

Avatar photo by Kristian Hernández November 22, 2022November 22, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

What voter turnout shows, and hides, about elections

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson November 18, 2022November 16, 2022
A woman standing in front of other protesters holding signs wears a gray shirt and a black face mask that says "Get in Good Trouble" on it and holds a white homemade cardboard sign that says "Count Every Vote" in black letters, with the words, "Democracy, Baby!" and "With love, Philadelphia XOXO" in smaller read letters.
Posted inWho Counts?

Thousands of votes won’t count this year over minor absentee ballot errors

by Kimberly Cataudella November 6, 2022November 6, 2022
Posted inElections

Anti-immigrant rhetoric spiked in this election. Here’s why it’s dangerous.

Avatar photo by Kristian Hernández November 4, 2022November 1, 2022
A white sign with simple black lettering that says "REGISTER HERE" sits in the foreground of an image that shows two women sitting at a folding table with a cardboard office supplies box on it. A mural on the side of the building is shown in the top right background of the photo with an image of civil rights leader and late Congressman John Lewis and the quote, "The right to vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument we have in a democratic society."
Posted inWho Counts?

It’s already too late for thousands of would-be voters: Why that matters

by Kimberly Cataudella November 2, 2022November 2, 2022
Posted inWho Counts?

Costs to vote considered modern “poll taxes”

Avatar photo by Ileana Garnand October 31, 2022October 30, 2022
A voter wearing a mask puts a ballot into an election drop box.
Posted inWho Counts?

‘Chaos and confusion’: The campaign to stamp out ballot drop boxes

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson and Pratheek Rebala October 30, 2022November 4, 2022
A "wait here to vote" sign lies on the floor as a person walks by it.
Posted inWho Counts?

A headlong rush by states to attack voting access — or expand it

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson October 6, 2022October 6, 2022
An illustration of two hands raised. The hands are constructed of voting symbols, like a ballot box, an elephant, a donkey and the US capitol.
Posted inWho Counts?

Who Counts?

by The Center for Public Integrity October 6, 2022April 6, 2023
A "vote" sign can be seen in the foreground and two people pass by it in the background.
Posted inWho Counts?

How we documented inequity in access to voting

Avatar photo by Matt DeRienzo October 6, 2022October 11, 2022
An illustration of two hands raised. The hands are constructed of voting symbols, like a ballot box, an elephant, a donkey and the US capitol.
Posted inWho Counts?

‘A torrential downpour of legislation:’ Voting in Arkansas gets much harder

by Kimberly Cataudella October 6, 2022October 17, 2022
An illustration of two hands raised. The hands are constructed of voting symbols, like a ballot box, an elephant, a donkey and the US capitol.
Posted inWho Counts?

In Idaho, a flood of voting restrictions could be coming

Avatar photo by Matt DeRienzo October 6, 2022October 5, 2022
An illustration of two hands raised. The hands are constructed of voting symbols, like a ballot box, an elephant, a donkey and the US capitol.
Posted inWho Counts?

Ballot curing chaos looms over Pennsylvania midterms

by Gina Castro October 6, 2022October 7, 2022
An illustration of two hands raised. The hands are constructed of voting symbols, like a ballot box, an elephant, a donkey and the US capitol.
Posted inWho Counts?

Colorado makes it easier to vote while guarding against conspiracy theorists

by Alan Hovorka October 6, 2022October 5, 2022
An illustration of two hands raised. The hands are constructed of voting symbols, like a ballot box, an elephant, a donkey and the US capitol.
Posted inWho Counts?

Missouri’s new election law restricts registration drives, requires photo ID

by Hayley Starshak October 6, 2022October 5, 2022
An illustration of two hands raised. The hands are constructed of voting symbols, like a ballot box, an elephant, a donkey and the US capitol.
Posted inWho Counts?

South Carolina restricts absentee voting, faces suit over gerrymandering

by DeArbea Walker October 6, 2022October 5, 2022
An illustration of two hands raised. The hands are constructed of voting symbols, like a ballot box, an elephant, a donkey and the US capitol.
Posted inWho Counts?

Voting rights under attack in Georgia as state turns purple

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson October 6, 2022October 5, 2022
An illustration of two hands raised. The hands are constructed of voting symbols, like a ballot box, an elephant, a donkey and the US capitol.
Posted inWho Counts?

In Kansas, inequality in voting widens with new limits

Avatar photo by Matt DeRienzo October 6, 2022October 5, 2022

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