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  • Democracy & Government
    Decades of Inequality Shadow Voter Turnout in Rural Georgia
    December 15, 2020
    | Steven Rosenfeld
    A small-town voter drive reveals why only trusted family, friends and local leaders can boost turnout in the Senate runoffs.
  • Fight to Vote
    Will 2020 Battle State Voters Help Reverse GOP Gerrymandering?
    October 26, 2020

    “If that defeat is to come, down-ballot races in 2020 are going to play an outsized role.”

  • Fight to Vote
    Justice Department Has No Legal Authority to Interfere in 2020 Vote Counts
    October 20, 2020
    | Steven Rosenfeld

    The attorney general and Justice Department can issue pro-Trump propaganda, but not reject or seize ballots, nor interrupt the locally run election process.

  • Fight to Vote
    Why Younger Voters Are Most Likely to Have Their Absentee Ballots Rejected
    September 21, 2020
    | Steven Rosenfeld
    A California Voter Foundation study identifies the causes behind the highest ballot rejection rates of any age group as states start sending out millions of fall ballots.
  • Democracy & Government
    Meet the Man Bringing the Political Revolution to Birmingham
    August 25, 2017
    | Katherine Webb-Hehn
    The 36-year-old city attorney is proposing debt-free community college and reinvestment in black neighborhoods.
  • Activism
    Mayoral Candidate in Jackson Hopes to Shake Up the Status Quo
    April 18, 2017
    | Sarah Jaffe
    Chokwe Antar Lumumba hopes to continue the work started by his late father, former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, who died while in office.
  • Activism
    Seattle’s Lessons for Sanders Activists After the Election
    June 13, 2016
    | Steve Early
    A new book offers some pointers on taking the Vermont senator's revolution to the local level.
  • In Richmond, We Would Not Let Democracy Be Bought
    February 17, 2015
    | Gayle McLaughlin
    A city council member from Richmond, California, tells how she and her allies took on big corporate money -- and won.


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