Voter suppression is still alive in today’s electoral politics. Strict voter ID laws are one such example ⁠— laws like these disproportionately affect people of color, as this Brennan Center expert brief explains. Another threat to voting rights: risky voter purges, such as this one in Wisconsin that could remove 200,000 names from the rolls in 2020.

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which struck down limits on political spending by corporations and unions. Citizens United paved the way for the wealthiest donors and special interests to spend without limit via super PACs, and because of this, even a small donor boom is no match for these megadonors.

There’s one possible solution: H.R. 1, a bill passed by the House and pending in the Senate. H.R. 1 includes a public financing program that would amplify the voices of small donors, so the current flood of megadonor money can be balanced by supercharged funding from everyday Americans. Learn more about H.R. 1: the For the People Act.

Existing campaign finance laws regulate TV and radio ads, but not internet ads. This means that foreign entities — like Russian government agents — are allowed to purchase online ads that mention political candidates. The bipartisan Honest Ads Act, recently introduced in the Senate, would close this loophole by banning foreign nationals from buying online political ads and requiring that the identities of all political ad buyers be made public. Read more about the proposed law and its impact.

After Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was caught on tape in 2008 trying to sell the Senate seat left vacant by Barack Obama, he was impeached. Twice. As President Trump’s impeachment trial begins, what lessons can Blagojevich’s impeachment offer? Read Brennan Center Fellow Ciara Torres-Spelliscy’s take.

In December, Brennan Center President Michael Waldman sat down with Supreme Court lawyer Neal Katyal for a fascinating conversation about impeachment. Watch the video or read the transcript.

Nearly 50 people are murdered every day in the United States. Thomas Abt argues that a handful of targeted, cost-effective strategies can halve that number. In his new book, Bleeding Out: The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence — and a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets, the Harvard Kennedy School senior research scholar and former Obama administration official says that the focus on drugs, gangs, and guns has been misplaced. He proposes instead an alternative vision for urban policing. RSVP today!

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