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
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
How Trump is trying to cloud the presidential election result
WASHINGTON & DETROIT — At about 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump falsely declared victory from...
Nov 04, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
‘Passing the baton’: Civil Rights era elders are helping protestors channel activism into voting for change
This dispatch is part of a series in collaboration with PBS American Experience that explores the expansion of...
Nov 02, 2020
