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How the Prison-Industrial Complex Undermines Immigrant Rights

Nov 24, 2021

Demography

How the Prison-Industrial Complex Undermines Immigrant Rights

Collingwood is concerned about the profit motive that underpins certain law enforcement tactics, border policies, and incarceration itself.

How Montana Got its New Congressional Map

Nov 12, 2021

Racially Polarized Voting Analysis

How Montana Got its New Congressional Map

Democrats wanted a competitive western district. Republicans wanted a simple split. The districting commission chair wanted compromise.

This Malibu lawyer is changing how California votes

May 24, 2021

Racially Polarized Voting Analysis

This Malibu lawyer is changing how California votes

A decade into a career he never planned on, he’s in the midst of perhaps his biggest case, a pitched battle with the city of Santa Monica...

Federal Court Finds East Ramapo School Board Elections Violate Voting Rights Act

Feb 28, 2021

Racially Polarized Voting Analysis

Federal Court Finds East Ramapo School Board Elections Violate Voting Rights Act

A federal court ruled that the East Ramapo Central School District’s at-large method for school board elections denies Black and Latinx...

How InvestigateWest Analyzed Voter Signature Rejection Rates

Feb 15, 2021

Racially Polarized Voting Analysis

How InvestigateWest Analyzed Voter Signature Rejection Rates

In an analysis of recent voter data and behavior, InvestigateWest found that voters with Latino surnames in Washington state were more...

Biden reverses Trump’s ‘Muslim ban.’ Americans support the decision.

Jan 27, 2021

Survey Research

Biden reverses Trump’s ‘Muslim ban.’ Americans support the decision.

On Inauguration Day, President Biden rescinded a policy widely known as the “Muslim ban” — a Trump administration-imposed ban on allowing...

Local district elections open doors for minorities in Orange County cities

Oct 12, 2020

Demography

Local district elections open doors for minorities in Orange County cities

In the past six years, 151 cities across California have shifted from at-large to district elections to give minorities a more level...

Trump targets ballot drop boxes in effort to discredit vote-by-mail

Aug 26, 2020

Racially Polarized Voting Analysis

Trump targets ballot drop boxes in effort to discredit vote-by-mail

President Trump has opened a new front in his war on mail-in voting, adding ballot drop boxes to his enemy list even as they're mostly...

San Luis Obispo faces legal threat over at-large elections

Dec 5, 2019

Racially Polarized Voting Analysis

San Luis Obispo faces legal threat over at-large elections

San Luis Obispo’s attorney says the city now has until the end of January to either start changing the way it elects council members, or...

A History of Sanctuary Cities in the United States

Nov 27, 2019

Demography

A History of Sanctuary Cities in the United States

A new book, “Sanctuary Cities: The Politics of Refuge,” explores how Donald Trump made sanctuary cities a polarizing, partisan issue.