ATLANTA — Former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams testified about systemic voting problems at a House subcommittee hearing this...
Feb 22, 2019
Voting rights in Georgia remain in doubt
Republican Brian Kemp didn’t resign his position as secretary of state until two days after the election in...
Dec 19, 2018
Wisconsin legislature limits successors’ power in ‘assault on democratic norm’
At a closed-door “extraordinary session” held overnight in the Wisconsin legislature, Republican senators voted to strip power from...
Dec 05, 2018
Georgia’s secretary of state runoff highlights voting obstacles for minorities
ATLANTA — After a gubernatorial election that made national headlines for allegations of voter suppression, the people of Georgia...
Dec 05, 2018
Voting rights are civil rights
WASHINGTON — The Voting Rights Act, a cornerstone of the civil rights era, passed Congress in 1965 to remove...
Nov 14, 2018
Trump, voting and the media: Lessons from the midterms
BOSTON - One week after an historic midterm election with the highest turnout since 1966,, four veteran journalists...
Nov 13, 2018
Georgia’s election lingers in the shadows of voter suppression
UPDATE (November 13, 2018): A federal court ruled Monday night that Georgia must count all votes before delivering...
Nov 12, 2018
Voter disenfranchisement is at the core of Florida’s recount
UPDATE (November 15, 2018): A federal judge ruled that voters whose ballots were rejected because their signatures didn't...
Nov 12, 2018
History echoes across the gravestones of World War I with a warning for today’s leaders
One hundred years ago -- at the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month --...
Nov 10, 2018
The correspondent who exposed the “fake news” of World War One
BOSTON - At a time when women in the U.S. were still winning their right to vote, Mary...
Nov 10, 2018
