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
In the shadow of COVID-19, an unprecedented attack on press freedom
Updated on May 3 Trusted journalism has never been more vital, and never more at risk. On this...
May 01, 2020
Cause of death, ‘Undetermined’: Inside Mississippi’s prison deaths
A year after Willie Hollinghead died, his family received a death certificate in the mail: They already knew...
Dec 05, 2019
Young voting advocates take up the fight against suppression
When Katherine West, a political science major at Furman University, attempted to mail her ballot for the 2018...
Aug 29, 2019
Ahead of 2020 elections, Stacey Abrams announces new voting rights initiative
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams announced a new voter protection initiative last week. Called Fair Fight 2020...
Aug 19, 2019
Kerala’s LGBTQI community looks to reconcile faith and sexuality
PALARIVATTOM, Kerala, India — Last year, India’s LGBTQI community celebrated a Supreme Court decision that effectively decriminalized homosexuality....
May 17, 2019
