WASHINGTON — For Tasha Nelson, exercising her right to vote has become a life-and-death situation. As a 39-year-old mother...
Aug 05, 2020
Trump’s election delay musings are part of anti-democratic playbook
WASHINGTON — The president doesn’t have legal authority to delay or cancel an election. But that won’t stop...
Jul 30, 2020
‘Where are the women?’: The untaught history of women’s suffrage
This story is part of a larger reporting effort on voting rights in America presented with support from...
Jul 30, 2020
How Americans cast ballots in November will likely be decided by courts
Updated at 5:45 p.m. on July 16 A flood of lawsuits and court rulings spawned by the pandemic...
Jul 16, 2020
A nation in strife births a new generation of leaders
NEW YORK — Pace University freshman Bee Davis found herself and two dozen protestors isolated from a larger...
Jul 15, 2020
Alabama’s get-out-the-vote activists fight back against voting restrictions
Mid-summer, every big election year, Montgomery activist Kynesha Brown’s after-work schedule starts to fill up. In normal times,...
Jul 13, 2020
Analysis: George Floyd, coronavirus and inequality stealing Black lives
This analysis was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity. Before he was killed by a white...
Jun 07, 2020
For Black journalists, a historic imperative and a unique burden
WASHINGTON — Clad in riot gear, police officers on horseback sent tear gas wafting through the streets and...
Jun 04, 2020
America Astray: Police target journalists covering civil unrest
WASHINGTON — America wakes up this morning with cities still smoldering after a weekend of violent protest, in...
Jun 01, 2020
‘When Truth Mattered’: An editor’s account of the Kent State shooting
When a crowd of students from Kent State University protesting the Vietnam war was confronted by a group...
May 06, 2020
