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Voter intimidation: 'If they can bring a gun, I can bring my camera'

by Courtney Napier October 1, 2020November 8, 2022
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New Tennessee law surfaces the South's racist beginnings of felon voter disenfranchisement

by Iliana Hagenah September 28, 2020January 21, 2021
Nurses at HCA's Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. Photo from the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United.
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Asheville nurses reflect on the largest labor victory at a Southern nonunion hospital since 1975

by Zaina Alsous September 25, 2020November 16, 2022
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What do we mean when we talk about voter suppression?

by Lovey Cooper September 24, 2020November 6, 2020
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'I'm Black. I'm a mom. I'm mad.'

by Lanier Isom September 21, 2020November 14, 2023
Nikema Williams is expected to be the next congressperson for the Georgia 5th Congressional district. Photo courtesy of Nikema Williams for Congress.
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5 things to watch in Georgia's 5th Congressional District election as candidates try to further John Lewis' legacy

by Frances Katz September 18, 2020September 22, 2020
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Voting Under Lockdown

by Anoa Changa September 17, 2020October 1, 2020
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Campus workers in the right-to-work South are fighting for COVID-19 conditions and beyond

by Mindy Isser September 16, 2020November 13, 2023
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Everything you need to know about early and absentee voting in 2020

by Anoa Changa September 10, 2020October 1, 2020
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Lessons from rural communities in the crusade to save the USPS

by Alicia Carter & Haley France September 8, 2020November 21, 2023
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ICE-detained asylum-seekers on hunger strike amid COVID-19 face solitary confinement

by Frances Madeson September 1, 2020November 21, 2023
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Birmingham increases police budget by $11.2M despite demands to defund: 'People literally cannot breathe, and it's not because of George Floyd'

by Katherine Webb-Hehn August 31, 2020November 21, 2023
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John Lewis fought for equal protection. That means tackling pollution, poverty, and policing.

by YVETTE CABRERA FOR GRIST August 28, 2020November 21, 2023
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COVID-19 hit Arkansas poultry workers at an 'alarming rate' as state and industry officials looked on

by Olivia Paschal August 24, 2020November 21, 2023
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Alabama wrote the book on Black Lives Matter, but today's challenges to defund police have Freedom Fighters back at the drawing board

by Katherine Webb-Hehn August 14, 2020November 21, 2023
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Georgia rushed to reopen, but the COVID-19 crisis is worse than before: 'I'm scared of more than just dying'

by Timothy Pratt August 11, 2020November 21, 2023
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After coal and COVID-19, Appalachia needs more than a one-time check. Universal Basic Income could be next.

by Laura Harbert Allen August 4, 2020November 21, 2023
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John Lewis' legacy: Four Southern states are still battling for voter rights

by Neesha Powell-Ingabire August 3, 2020November 21, 2023
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Georgia tried to ban abortions. Telehealth offers a new alternative.

by Emily Weyrauch July 28, 2020September 20, 2021
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Amidst COVID-19, Louisiana parents and advocates are working to bring detained youth home

by Frances Madeson for the Louisiana Illuminator July 27, 2020September 16, 2020
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Exposed: UNC pledged neo-confederates $2.5 mil for monument

by L’Erin Jensen July 21, 2020November 13, 2023
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The end of austerity? How COVID-19 could enable real policy change

by Michael Cooper July 20, 2020September 16, 2020
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This North Carolina law lets police keep racism and abuse under wraps

by Antoinette Kerr July 7, 2020September 16, 2020
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How Georgia's court-appointed advocates are failing children and parents

by Arvind Dilawar July 3, 2020November 13, 2023
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'Abortion bans aren't just about abortion'—The fight for reproductive justice in the South

by Tina Vasquez, Prism July 1, 2020September 7, 2021
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Black New Orleans City Waste workers build power against a crisis

by Mindy Isser June 17, 2020September 16, 2020
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Free the press in prisons, too

by Lyle C. May June 15, 2020September 16, 2020
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How COVID-19 has changed the game for Black community organizers

by Courtney Napier June 12, 2020September 16, 2020
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When Black voters matter as much as Black votes

by Courtney Napier June 12, 2020September 16, 2020
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Defunding police: Atlanta shows politicians' promises don't equal change

by Anna Simonton June 9, 2020September 16, 2020

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