Ari Berman

Leahy Voices Optimism as Panel Continues Work on Immigration Bill

nytimes.com — WASHINGTON - Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday opened the fifth day of debate on broad legislation to overhaul the nation's immigration laws on an optimistic note by suggesting that the session could be the last.

Study Finds Election Officials Biased Against Latino Voters

politicalwire.com — Taegan D. Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S.

How to Make Voting Easier | The Nation

thenation.com — Throughout American history, restrictions on voter registration were a major tool of disenfranchisement. Before the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, only a quarter of African-Americans in the South were registered to vote.

'Mad Men' recap: I'm so excited! I'm so scared!

latimes.com — Well, where to begin after an episode like that? How about this?: Maybe the least surprising thing in "The Crash" is the discovery that teenage Don Draper lost his virginity to a prostitute. Virtually everything else in "The Crash," which in my book easily qualifies as the most unsettling installment of "Mad Men" to date, is unexpected, disorienting, terrifying or some combination thereof.

How to Make Voting Easier | The Nation

thenation.com — Throughout American history, restrictions on voter registration were a major tool of disenfranchisement. Before the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, only a quarter of African-Americans in the South were registered to vote.

How to Make Voting Easier | The Nation

thenation.com — Throughout American history, restrictions on voter registration were a major tool of disenfranchisement. Before the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, only a quarter of African-Americans in the South were registered to vote.

How to Make Voting Easier | The Nation

thenation.com — Throughout American history, restrictions on voter registration were a major tool of disenfranchisement. Before the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, only a quarter of African-Americans in the South were registered to vote.

How to Make Voting Easier | The Nation

thenation.com — Throughout American history, restrictions on voter registration were a major tool of disenfranchisement. Before the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, only a quarter of African-Americans in the South were registered to vote.