What is Redistricting and Why Should We Care?

Here’s how 2020 census data could determine your voice in future elections.

A map of the redistricting plan for the City of North Charleston.

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity: Why the U.S. Should Keep its Promise to Diversity Visa Winners

Thousands of people are being denied their chance at the American dream because their visas were torn up during the anti-immigrant Trump administration.

Mira Naseer, a diversity visa recipient, holding her naturalization papers and two American flags.

Drug Treatment is Infrastructure

States and localities should use this moment to tackle the overdose epidemic.

Edmontonian with a sign that reads "harm reduction saves lives," photos of loved ones and crosses with purple ribbons and hearts gather for International Overdose Awareness Day at Capital Plaza outside the Federal Building.

DREAMers are here to stay in Teton County

Let's update town and county housing regulations so DACA holders have equal access to owning an affordable home right here in Jackson.

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10 Things to Know about Combating Violence in America

As communities grapple with violent crime, calls for more police have increased. Here's why policing isn't the solution to violence, and some viable alternatives.

Protesters hold a banner calling for investment in communities, not the police

The Privacy Lesson of 9/11: Mass Surveillance is Not the Way Forward

Congress must ensure that the next generation of Americans is able to speak and associate freely, without fear of surveillance.

Surveillance cameras on a street pole.

Six Children, One Mom, No Broadband Internet Connection

Getting accessible, affordable broadband would be a victory for all the parents and kids struggling just to get through each day during this painful past year.

Mother and child sitting on a bed in a bedroom

Civil Liberties and Vaccine Mandates: Here’s Our Take.

Far from compromising civil liberties, vaccine mandates actually further civil liberties. They protect the most vulnerable among us, including people with disabilities and fragile immune systems, children too young to be vaccinated and communities of color hit hard by the disease.

A woman receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021.

Safe and Healthy Schools Lead With Support, Not Police

To support our students, Congress must pass the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act.

A sign made out of confetti that reads "Police Free Schools" on a gate during a Black Lives Matter protest.