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Democracy Alliance Blog / April 29, 2026
SCOTUS Guts the Voting Rights Act. This is a Crisis.
April 29,2026 The Democracy Alliance today issued the following statement: “Today’s Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais effectively dismantles Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, one the most hard-won achievements of the civil rights ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / April 27, 2026
Democracy Alliance Rejects Politicized Prosecutions and Attacks on Civil Society
Following the Trump Administration’s indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Democracy Alliance issued the following statement: “The Democracy Alliance stands in full solidarity with the SPLC as it faces a blatantly politicized ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / March 30, 2026
The crisis hiding in plain sight this Women’s History Month
A letter to the Democracy Alliance community from president Pamela Shifman Dear Partners: Women’s History Month has always been a chance to remember the women whose brilliance and leadership have made our country stronger. But this year ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / October 10, 2025
Statement from the Democracy Alliance in response to news that the Department of Justice has criminally charged New York Attorney General Letitia James
N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James is a leader with deep integrity, courage, and an unflinching commitment to justice. This indictment is about political retribution, pure and simple. It is the latest move by this administration to punish ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / September 25, 2025
Democracy Alliance Statement
September 25, 2025 Amid today’s reports of politically motivated attacks on Open Society Foundations, the Democracy Alliance issued the following statement: The reported efforts by the Department of Justice to draft plans to investigate the Open ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / June 3, 2025
DA Spring Conference Opening Remarks from Pamela Shifman
Democracy Alliance President Pamela ShifmanOpening Remarks — DA Spring Conference 2025 June 2, 2025 Community, this moment calls us to bring many things to the table. The most important of all is courage. I will never forget being at a ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / May 5, 2025
‘We Have Power Together’: Three Social Change Leaders On Solidarity And What We Can Learn From History As We Build A More Equitable Future
By Marianne Schnall, Contributor. Originally ran in Forbes: May 5, 2025 Reflecting on the historic figures and events that have advanced rights and freedoms in the U.S. can be a meaningful source of inspiration for today’s leaders who are ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / April 9, 2025
‘What did each of us do?’ A call for bravery—and boldness
Solidarity is how we win. Last month, the Democracy Alliance – a network of foundations, individual donors, and unions – took the first trip of its kind for our community, gathering in Alabama to mark the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. With ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / March 28, 2025
Trump Isn’t Defending Women. Women Are.
By Fatima Goss Graves and Pamela Shifman As Donald Trump canceled $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania earlier this month over their policy around transgender women in sports, it could not be clearer that he is not ...
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