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57 years after MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, the Black church marches on

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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
Democracy

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
Rights

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
Democracy

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
Rights

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
Rights

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
Rights

‘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
Democracy

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
Democracy

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
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