voter suppression
African-American North Carolina voting rights activist dies
December 10, 2018Rosanell Eaton, an African-American voting rights activist who successfully helped challenge voting restrictions supported by North Carolina Republicans, has died. She was 97.
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Abrams ends campaign for governor, launches campaign to save democracy
November 19, 2018For anyone expecting a traditional concession speech, that's not what Stacey Abrams gave. Instead, she indicted the voter suppression tactics of Georgia Republicans.
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Voter rights propositions look like winners in battleground state of Michigan
October 29, 2018With voter suppression sweeping the country, Michigan activists are going on the counteroffensive with an effort called “Promote the Vote.”
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North Dakota tribes struggle against voter suppression
October 29, 2018First-time voter Colten Birkland, 19, says, “In the end, we’re going to do whatever we can to vote."
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Voter suppression: Not just in the South, not just ID laws
October 23, 2018Voter suppression is as old as Jim Crow and exists everywhere from Washington to New York to Florida to Kentucky.
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