Mira Ortegon

Sep 27, 2023 | brennancenter.org | Martha Kinsella |Mira Ortegon |Jacob Carter |Andrew Rosenberg

The Covid-19 pandemic, the biggest public health crisis in more than a century, has underscored the critical role that science plays in government efforts to protect the health and well-being of people across the United States. Research and data — about the pandemic’s severity, appropriate mitigation measures, and long-term solutions to the crisis, such as vaccination campaigns — became central to daily life in a way that many people in this country had never before experienced.

Jun 6, 2023 | brennancenter.org | Wendy Weiser |Alice Clapman |Daniel Weiner |Mira Ortegon

Forty-five percent of local election officials said they fear for the safety of their colleagues.

May 9, 2023 | brennancenter.org | Michael Waldman |Alice Clapman |Daniel Weiner |Mira Ortegon

You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Click here to receive it every week in your inbox. Armed vigilantes stalked Arizona ballot drop boxes during the 2022 election in a transparent bid to intimidate. It was a chilling reminder of the role that guns have historically played in terrorizing American voters. On Friday, the Texas House of Representatives passed a bill that completely ignores history — guns and voting do not mix.

Feb 22, 2023 | brennancenter.org | Daniel Weiner |Mira Ortegon

This article was originally published in Spanish in La Opinión. The Mexican Senate just passed a law effectively gutting the nation’s esteemed election agency, the National Electoral Institute (INE). President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pushed for the law and will sign it. Unless invalidated by a court, it will be the most significant legal blow to Mexican democracy since the end of one-party rule in 2000.