Juliet EastlandinWhy States MatterWhy States Matter: Candidates & CoattailsI’m puttin’ on my top hat, Tyin’ up my white tie, Brushin’ off my tails.3 min read·Feb 20, 2024----
Juliet EastlandinWhy States MatterWhy States Matter: Abortion & Gerrymandering in OhioHere’s a conundrum for you: 30 percent of our fellow Americans believe abortion should be legal in all circumstances. Add in “most”…8 min read·Jan 1, 2024----
Juliet EastlandinWhy States MatterWhy States Matter: Virginia v. EnvironmentAh, summer! 2023: the season of Barbie, farm-stand tomatoes, supermoons, and the Apocalypse. Raging floods, searing heat, torrential rains…4 min read·Sep 4, 2023----
Juliet EastlandinWhy States MatterWhy States Matter (More Than Ever): SCOTUS Saves Us, Sort OfPhew! A close call, but our tottering democracy lives to see another day: last week, in Moore v. Harper, the US Supreme Court rejected the…6 min read·Jul 4, 2023----
Juliet EastlandinWhy States MatterWhy States Matter: “Alas, Poor ERIC!” Red StatesTrash Voter RecordsImagine you’re a state election official. An ethical election official, of course: someone who maintains clean, up-to-date voter rolls, and…6 min read·Jun 5, 2023----
Juliet EastlandinWhy States MatterWhy States Matter: Virginia, Democrats, and GunsMirabile dictu! In June 2022, after the massacre of schoolchildren in Uvalde, TX, a piece of Congressional gun-safety legislation made it…7 min read·Dec 27, 2022----
Juliet EastlandinWhy States MatterWhy States Matter: Blue State, Red LawsAs the midterms barrel toward us, I find myself thanking the Powers that Be that I’m in Massachusetts, a relatively sane state. (To…3 min read·Oct 30, 2022----
Juliet EastlandinWhy States MatterWhy States Matter: A Little-Known, Big-Deal Vote in the Bay StateAttention, Massachusetts residents!3 min read·Jul 30, 2022--1--1
Juliet EastlandinWhy States MatterSo, Abortion Goes Back to the States? Alright, Then.Well, it’s official: the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority has decided to “return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected…7 min read·Jul 6, 2022----
Juliet EastlandinWhy States MatterWhy States Matter: Our Alumni, Doing GoodIt’s easy to fall into the abyss — that would be the dark pit of “the world is bleak, everything is hopeless, and nothing I do matters…5 min read·Jun 2, 2022----