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A Miami-Dade election official with the Miami-Dade County Elections Department conducts a comprehensive examination of the voting equipment that will be used in the November 8th general election on October 19, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Down-ballot losses could be coming for Democrats — but there’s room for hope

Gaby Goldstein, Mallory Roman
Democratic Senate candidate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D-PA) greets supporters following a rally on August 12, 2022 in Erie, Pennsylvania. (Nate Smallwood/Getty Images)

Democrats have seized the momentum — now that needs to flow down-ballot

Gaby Goldstein, Mallory Roman
A reproductive rights activist, gagged by a scarf in the colors of the US flag, marches during a protest against a recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights, in New York, July 4, 2022. (ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

Progressives: Take the fight to the states, right now. It’s the only way to win

Gaby Goldstein
Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will the Independent State Legislature doctrine literally mean the end of democracy?

Gaby Goldstein, David Daley
Pro-choice protesters march outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. Texas passed SB8 which effectively bans nearly all abortions and it went into effect Sept. 1. A request to the Supreme Court to block the bill went unanswered and the Court still has yet to take any action on it. (Sergio Flores For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

After Roe v. Wade: Now the fight for reproductive justice moves to the states

Gaby Goldstein
Hundreds of Trump supporters and gather near the Capitol Building for the Stop the Steal Rally in Atlanta, GA. as well as counter protesters in Atlanta, GA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The insurrection will be decentralized: The next Jan. 6 will happen in the state houses

Gaby Goldstein
US Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, John Roberts and Clarence Thomas (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Beware the “Independent State Legislatures doctrine” — it could checkmate democracy

Gaby Goldstein, David Daley
John Roberts | Supreme Court (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The Roberts Court is destroying voting rights — winning back state legislatures is the only answer

David Daley, Gaby Goldstein