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Decades after physical redlining was outlawed, major telecom companies offer slower internet at higher prices to predominantly Black and low-income neighborhoods. Broadband is infrastructure and a civil right—its unequal distribution isn't an accident, it's a business model.
While federal courts grab headlines, anonymous dark money groups are spending record sums to capture state supreme courts that control redistricting, abortion access, and voting rights for millions. The judiciary's independence is being systematically dismantled from the bottom up, with no disclosure requirements to expose who's pulling the strings.
Beyond Atlanta's controversial 'Cop City,' dozens of municipalities are funding massive police training complexes that normalize military-style tactics in civilian communities. When cities choose militarized police infrastructure over schools and housing, that's a deliberate political choice with deadly consequences.
Across America, manipulated congressional maps are diluting Black, Latino, and urban voting power before a single ballot is cast. This systematic disenfranchisement represents democracy's most insidious threat—one that courts have largely abandoned fighting.