‘On the edge of a cliff’: What voting rights tell us about US democracy
Last week, in response to the Senate’s failure to bring important voting rights legislation to the floor for debate, NAACP President Derrick Johnson released a statement that challenged Congress and the Biden administration:
Today was another punch in the gut for America. The failure to pass the Freedom to Vote Act is reprehensible. Combined with the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, this bill would have been a necessary step in the right direction for our democracy. But while our democracy dwindles on the edge of a cliff, lawmakers are still finding a way to put partisanship above the country.
A sentence near the end of the statement, in particular, grabbed
