Ari Berman
Ari Berman is a senior reporter for Mother Jones, where he covers voting rights. Previously he was a senior contributing writer for The Nation magazine and a fellow at The Nation Institute. His second book, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America, was published in August 2015 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Follow him on Twitter: @AriBerman.
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March 6, 2015Despite some improvements, the right to vote is under the most sustained attack since the passage of the VRA.
March 2, 2015The Nation's Ari Berman writes that racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.
February 20, 2015On the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," activists gathered in Marion, Alabama, to honor and commemorate those who died fighting for equality and justice.
November 7, 2014Since Republican legislatures implemented new voting restrictions after 2010 and SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act, it’s become easier to buy an election and harder to vote in one.
October 22, 2014With the Supreme Court's latest ruling, Texans' civil liberties are once again under attack.
September 30, 2014Holder generated a lot of controversy, but his defense of voting rights deserves to be remembered as one of the most consequential aspects of his tenure as the nation’s top law enforcement official.
September 2, 2014This week, the state with the strictest voter ID law defends it in federal court.
August 11, 2014 | Updated August 12, 2014Last week, a federal judge denied a preliminary injunction to block key provisions of the state’s new voting law, widely described as the most onerous in the country.
June 26, 2014Since Barack Obama’s election, GOP-controlled states have embarked on the most significant effort to restrict access to the ballot since Reconstruction.
June 25, 2014Think voting discrimination is largely a thing of the past? Think again.
