The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s iconic “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” began humbly, as a few sentences...
Apr 16, 2021
Beyond language: How to enfranchise voters who don’t speak English
Editor’s note: This is the last story in a two-part series about American voters who struggle to participate...
Mar 03, 2021
Myanmar’s failed experiment with democracy
Myanmar’s path toward democracy has taken a detour, circling back into the clutches of the military. Or, as...
Feb 05, 2021
After Georgia wins, voting rights advocates see a window for election reform
Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock swept Georgia’s Senate runoff races on Tuesday, capping Georgia's astonishing...
Jan 08, 2021
How we got here: Report for America’s coverage of a divided nation
Infamy and anarchy. As the shocking images of yesterday’s violent occupation of the U.S. Capitol resounded worldwide, these...
Jan 07, 2021
Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger: strong against Trump, weak on voting rights
ATLANTA — Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger took a call from President Donald Trump on Saturday unlike...
Jan 04, 2021
Court fees and fines make voting near-impossible for ex-felons in Tennessee
In the summer of 2018, Sean Murray dialed his local news channel after seeing a segment on voter...
Dec 22, 2020
Can Georgia’s voting rights activists get out the vote one more time?
Leah Owenby, a lifelong Georgia resident, has voted in every presidential election since she turned 18. But Georgia’s...
Dec 21, 2020
‘Women doing whatever we want’: The little-known fight for women’s financial rights
At 25 years old, Oklahoma City-native Terry Neese wanted to buy a building to expand her small but...
Nov 30, 2020
As last of Georgia ballots are counted, a look at how voter turnout hit record high
Updated at 6:45 p.m. ET on Nov. 5, 2020 ATLANTA – After just under 5 million Georgians cast...
Nov 05, 2020
