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.
ALL POSTS BY Ari Berman
October 23, 2013The law seems more focused on stopping the state's changing demographics from affecting election outcomes than it is on stopping voter fraud.
October 16, 2013Why the voter registration strategy being implemented in Arizona and Kansas will disenfranchise thousands of voters.
September 30, 2013The DOJ case comes on the heels of three lawsuits filed by civil rights groups in August challenging North Carolina’s extreme voting restrictions.
August 28, 2013Protecting the right to vote was front and center at this week's March on Washington 50th anniversary commemoration events.
August 22, 2013The Department of Justice announced today that it is objecting to Texas’ voter ID law and will also seek to join a similar lawsuit against the state’s redistricting maps.
August 13, 2013Shortly after the sweeping bill became law, the NAACP and the Advancement Project filed suit, charging that it's racially discriminatory.
August 6, 2013Nearly half a century after the landmark legislation changed our country's politics, The Nation's Ari Berman notes that voting rights are under threat once again.
July 30, 2013Move aside, Florida -- in spite of Moral Mondays protests, North Carolina is now the new poster child for voter suppression.
July 18, 2013Rep. John Lewis told a Senate committee this week that new voting restrictions passed before last year's election make it harder for voters to participate.
