The reactionary streak in our political culture has grown bolder, more violent, and more desperate to undo the gains queer and trans people have made in recent years and to erase us and our loved ones from public life.
“Now, if a voter fails to sign or date an absentee envelope, this court order clears the way for that voter to go to the Election Day polling place to cast a ballot,” Delaware County Elections Director Jim Allen said.
“Repeatedly, I have heard white residents claim that there is no racism in our area. To me, this is willful blindness,” says the New Hope-Solebury School District board member.
Shell’s plant is spewing air pollution and blowing past permit limits in Western Pennsylvania, so we’re pushing to hold it accountable, write Food & Water Watch’s Mia DiFelice and Robin Lesko.
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New Pennsylvania Project CEO Kadida Kenner said the new measure “will undoubtedly help to close the voter registration gap, especially in communities of color where the gap is the most pronounced.”
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