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Trump’s CNN Freeze-Out Threatens Press Freedom
President Trump's attacks on reporters and media organizations endanger press freedom
La liberté de vote ou la liberté de faire obstruction
Les sénateurs républicains ont utilisé une faille dans les règles du Sénat – l’obstruction parlementaire – pour empêcher la tenue d’un débat sur le Freedom to Vote Act. C’est la troisième fois cette année qu’ils empêchent leurs collègues de débattre de la loi sur le droit de vote. Les sénateurs sont désormais confrontés à un choix : protéger la liberté de vote et trouver un moyen d’envoyer ce projet de loi sur le bureau du président Biden, ou le laisser mourir à cause de l’obstruction républicaine et de l’abus des règles internes du Sénat.
50 ans de plus
In 2020, Common Cause celebrated our 50th anniversary of working for the public interest and the democracy we deserve.
New Report Examines 2018 Pro-Democracy Ballot Initiatives & Continued Momentum of Citizen-Driven Reforms
Today, Common Cause released a new report on more than two dozen ballot initiatives and state constitutional amendments to strengthen, and in some cases undercut, democracy that will be decided by voters at the state and local level in November. “Democracy on the Ballot” traces the growing momentum behind citizen-driven pro-democracy reforms in recent years and examines initiatives and amendments on ballots in the 2018 general election from Florida to California and from North Dakota to New Mexico and urges support or opposition to each.
New Report Examines the Business of Mass Incarceration & the Damage it Does to Democracy
Today, Common Cause issued a new report examining how corrections industry influence, felony disenfranchisement and prison gerrymandering fuel mass incarceration and undermine democracy. Democracy Behind Bars looks at our broken criminal justice system and how it is manipulated for the benefit and profit of the prison industry. The report goes on to examine the work going on in the states to restore voting rights to citizens who have served their time and to curb mass criminalization and incarceration.
On Eve of the March for Our Lives a New Report Examines the NRA’s Huge Influence in Washington
New Millennial Voting Report Examines Opportunities & Obstacles for Generation that Now Outnumbers Baby Boomers
Today, Common Cause released a new report on youth voting trends, opportunities and obstacles faced by Millennials as they seek to make their voices heard in the 2016 election. Millennials have overtaken Baby Boomers to become the largest generation of living Americans but youth voter turnout lagged far behind their older counterparts in 2012 (38% to 63.4%).