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Texas' oldest Black university was built on a former plantation. Its students still fight a legacy of voter suppression.

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune March 1, 2021November 13, 2023
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What the Capitol riots show us about the white illusion of civility

by Lovey Cooper and Katherine Webb-Hehn January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
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Redistricting will impact Texas politics for the next 10 years. Here's how it works.

by Yasmeen Khalifa, The Texas Tribune January 4, 2021January 25, 2021
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Georgia's absentee voting policies benefit Democrats, but they were originally created by Republicans

by Christopher Alston, WABE December 28, 2020January 25, 2021
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The Mutual Musicians Foundation is fighting the gentrification of Jazz in Kansas City

by Zeb Larson December 8, 2020September 27, 2023
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There Goes the Neighborhood: What really caused the decline of 18th & Vine

by Zeb Larson December 8, 2020September 27, 2023
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When Democracy meets Partisanship

by Courtney Napier and Anoa Changa November 19, 2020November 19, 2020
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In plain words: Making sense of election results and news coverage

by Lovey Cooper November 4, 2020November 4, 2020
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The new-new and old-new of 'unprecedented' times

by Zaina Alsous and Scalawag Editors October 30, 2020April 16, 2021
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How Georgia and Texas organizers are reimagining the culture of voting

by Anoa Changa October 29, 2020November 13, 2023
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Voting down the ballot: Which local races matter?

by Courtney Napier October 22, 2020October 22, 2020
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Meet Mokah Johnson, heading up a new wave of activism in Georgia politics

by Deirdre Sugiuchi October 20, 2020October 20, 2020
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'Visionary and Pragmatic'—A Black Feminist Guide to Electoral Politics

by Danielle Purifoy October 6, 2020October 6, 2021
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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
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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The end of austerity? How COVID-19 could enable real policy change

by Michael Cooper July 20, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

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
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

What it will take for progressives to win the South in November

by Michael Cooper June 8, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Meet five Black and Brown Southerners running for office to change the system

by Neesha Powell-Ingabire June 2, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

A baffled Southerner at the Iowa caucuses

by Tracee M. Saunders February 18, 2020October 1, 2020
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Progressive wins in Virginia are limited as long as "Dillon's Rule" is on the books

by Simon Davis-Cohen November 13, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How grassroots power defeated a racist gerrymander in Asheville

by David Forbes November 4, 2019September 16, 2020
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Out of the fields: In a North Carolina county where few Latino parents have diplomas, their kids are aiming for college

by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019November 13, 2023
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Hope in the rural South: Black students combat segregation, poverty and dwindling school funding

by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Hope in coal country: Parents without diplomas keep their kids in school

by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How Gulf South communities are creating their own Green New Deal

by Emily Carmichael August 26, 2019September 27, 2023
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In Asheville, delay is denial

by David Forbes August 5, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Tennessee GOP used shady tactics to railroad a voter suppression bill into law

by Erin McAnally May 20, 2019September 16, 2020
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Conservatives want to rewrite the Constitution, and they're dangerously close to doing it

by Adam Lynch April 22, 2019November 12, 2020

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