As Democracy Docket’s managing editor, Zack steers our news coverage and provides editorial direction and oversight. A former national reporter at MSNBC digital and a former editorial director at the Brennan Center for Justice, he is the author of The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy.
The Washington Post is deeply concerned that Virginia’s “yes” vote Tuesday to allow a new congressional map is a “Democratic power grab” that “plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.”
As Virginia’s redistricting referendum comes down to the wire, Steve Bannon is warning that “demonic” Democrats will impeach President Donald Trump and gerrymander congressional districts nationwide if they win in the Old Dominion Tuesday.
Unlike a lot of media outlets that cover politics, at Democracy Docket we invest in original reporting. This week was a great example of why.
We’ve been paying even closer attention than usual this week to Harmeet Dhillon, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights division chief who, reports suggest, could soon be in line for a promotion.
To the legacy media, Harmeet Dhillon has spent her career as an underdog — bravely swimming against the liberal tide
With his popularity plummeting, President Donald Trump took a major step this week aimed at grabbing control of U.S. elections. But in truth, the anti-voting executive order he issued Tuesday only underscored his weakness.
The anti-democracy onslaught continues apace. And we’re keeping you up to date on all of it.
This was the week when MAGA Republicans finally got what they’d been demanding for so long: A full Senate debate on the SAVE America Act, President Donald Trump’s monster voter suppression bill.
MAGA’s push to ram through the most restrictive voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress is coming to a head.
President Donald Trump and his allies are doing everything they can — and we mean everything — to somehow get their monster voter suppression bill through Congress. And no one is covering this epic fight as closely as Democracy Docket.