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Elections should be decided by voters

Not by whoever can write the biggest check In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United that corporations have…

Where we’re fighting and why it matters

Trump and MAGA want 2026 to be the last competitive election, and they have a plan and a strategy to…

Minnesota lawmakers worked to hold ICE accountable

Why every seat (and vote!) matters In January, Minnesota was one of the states where federal ICE agents engaged in…

One state law could end our reproductive freedoms

States can fight back Did you know a Louisiana state law is being used to try to end access to…

Congress decided that some families can go hungry

State lawmakers are fighting back In Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill, Congress cut funding and added new requirements for SNAP…

SCOTUS handed state lawmakers the power to decide whose vote counts

Here’s what states are doing about it In April, the United States Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of…