The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s iconic “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” began humbly, as a few sentences...
Apr 16, 2021
Evangelical disillusionment is finding a home in book clubs
In 2016, Annelie Heinen’s frustration with evangelical culture exploded. The native Iowan had been attending evangelical churches for...
Mar 29, 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
How can the U.S. restore trust in its elections?
Updated on Nov. 16, 2020 at 6:49 p.m. PHOENIX — In the newly designated “free speech zone” outside...
Nov 16, 2020
Deep in the heart of Texas oil country, some hope for a Trump victory like their life depends on it
ODESSA, Texas – In a parking lot in El Paso, just yards from the U.S.-Mexico border, dozens of...
Nov 05, 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
Why Native Americans don’t share the government’s optimism about the census
The Census Bureau has touted the non-response follow-up (NRFU) rate as evidence of a good census count. As...
Nov 02, 2020
Election Episode: 2020 and Counting
The turmoil of the 2020 presidential election campaigns has raised questions about just what it means to vote....
Oct 31, 2020
Forgotten and left behind, these American voters don’t feel counted among ‘We the People’
Postcards from our Report from America corps members covering voting rights on the ground across the country. Who...
Oct 21, 2020
‘Mail voting doesn’t work for Navajo Nation’: Native Americans face steep election hurdles
Tamisha Jensen requested a mail ballot in mid-September. Mail ballots don’t ship in Arizona until Oct. 7, but she’s...
Oct 09, 2020
