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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on Helping Elderly Black People to Vote in 1976

by Krista Stevens November 20, 2020October 19, 2022

“I called out the names, and they’d tell me who they wanted to vote for. Then, very carefully, I put my finger by each name they’d chosen.”

Posted inCurrent Events, Feature, investigations, Nonfiction, Story

Reckoning With Georgia’s Increasing Suppression of Asian American Voters

by Anjali Enjeti December 19, 2018October 19, 2022

As AAPI’s become a more powerful, Democrat-leaning voting bloc, efforts to keep them from the polls intensify.

Posted inCulture, History, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

How One Alabama Sherriff Worked Openly to Oppress People of Color

by Aaron Gilbreath December 5, 2018October 19, 2022

Here’s what voter suppression looked like in Alabama in the middle of the 20th century.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Rigged: How Voter Suppression Threw Wisconsin to Trump

by heymarkarms October 20, 2017October 19, 2022

Ari Berman investigates how increasingly restrictive voting laws in states like Wisconsin had an impact on the 2016 presidential election — and most likely tipped it in favor of Donald Trump.

Rescue workers aiding victims of the car attack in Charlottesville.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Quotes

Dear Chief Justice John Roberts: Our Country Has Not Changed

by heymarkarms August 14, 2017October 19, 2022

The president’s failure to condemn Charlottesville is directly linked to voter suppression in the United States.

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