https://znetwork.org/author/ariberman/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:16:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/ariberman/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/unprecedented-power-grab-trump-texas-try-to-create-5-more-gop-house-seats-with-new-gerrymander/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/unprecedented-power-grab-trump-texas-try-to-create-5-more-gop-house-seats-with-new-gerrymander/#respond Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:16:41 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1286858 President Trump is pushing for a major redrawing of Texas’s congressional districts to favor Republicans and shape the outcome of future elections, including next year’s midterms. Voting rights expert Ari Berman says this “unprecedented” Republican gerrymandering scheme manipulates an already-gerrymandered map that “limits democratic representation. It already limits representation for communities of color, and now [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/unprecedented-power-grab-trump-texas-try-to-create-5-more-gop-house-seats-with-new-gerrymander/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/progressives-win-a-majority-on-the-wisconsin-supreme-court/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/progressives-win-a-majority-on-the-wisconsin-supreme-court/#respond Wed, 05 Apr 2023 15:25:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1242896 Liberal judge Janet Protasiewicz won a critical seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, giving progressives their first majority on the court since 2008 and a pathway to challenging the GOP’s decade-plus stranglehold on power in the Badger State. Occurring on the same day as Donald Trump’s arrest in Manhattan, Protasiewicz’s victory over former conservative justice Daniel Kelly has huge state [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/progressives-win-a-majority-on-the-wisconsin-supreme-court/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/ari-berman-on-how-wisconsin-became-the-gops-laboratory-for-dismantling-democracy/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/ari-berman-on-how-wisconsin-became-the-gops-laboratory-for-dismantling-democracy/#respond Fri, 28 Oct 2022 05:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1223934 With Republicans set to make major gains in the November midterms, we speak with reporter Ari Berman, who says Republican control of the Legislature in Wisconsin is a preview of the damage the party could do if empowered in Washington. Berman’s latest piece for Mother Jones is titled “How Wisconsin Became the GOP’s Laboratory for [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/ari-berman-on-how-wisconsin-became-the-gops-laboratory-for-dismantling-democracy/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/stacey-abrams-has-a-plan-to-dismantle-the-filibuster-and-protect-voting-rights/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/stacey-abrams-has-a-plan-to-dismantle-the-filibuster-and-protect-voting-rights/#respond Sat, 13 Mar 2021 09:01:51 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1044514 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/stacey-abrams-has-a-plan-to-dismantle-the-filibuster-and-protect-voting-rights/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/georgia-republicans-pass-the-most-restrictive-voting-laws-since-jim-crow/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/georgia-republicans-pass-the-most-restrictive-voting-laws-since-jim-crow/#respond Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:02:57 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1044390 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/georgia-republicans-pass-the-most-restrictive-voting-laws-since-jim-crow/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mass-voter-disenfranchisement/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mass-voter-disenfranchisement/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:02:56 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1038448 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mass-voter-disenfranchisement/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/prisoner-voting-rights/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/prisoner-voting-rights/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2019 09:00:41 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1019405 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/prisoner-voting-rights/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/44-states-say-no/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/44-states-say-no/#respond Thu, 06 Jul 2017 09:00:43 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=999901 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/44-states-say-no/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-long-assault-on-voting-rights-and-fear-of-a-changing-south/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-long-assault-on-voting-rights-and-fear-of-a-changing-south/#respond Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:01:35 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=980971 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-long-assault-on-voting-rights-and-fear-of-a-changing-south/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/north-carolina-republicans-push-extreme-voter-suppression-measures-by-ari-berman/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/north-carolina-republicans-push-extreme-voter-suppression-measures-by-ari-berman/#respond Wed, 24 Jul 2013 22:59:58 +0000 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/north-carolina-republicans-push-extreme-voter-suppression-measures-by-ari-berman/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zcommentary/the-0000063-election-by-ari-berman/ https://znetwork.org/zcommentary/the-0000063-election-by-ari-berman/#respond Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:32:41 +0000 https://znetwork.org/zcommentary/the-0000063-election-by-ari-berman/feed/ 0