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Tag: voter suppression

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inOpinion

MORIAL: McConnell Twists the Facts in Revealing Comment on Black Voting Rates

by Marc H. Morial February 2, 2022February 2, 2022

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has done everything in his considerable power to enable the wave of racially motivated voter suppression that has swept through state legislatures since the 2020 election.

Donald Trump
Posted inOpinion

JEALOUS: Defending a Democracy in Flames

by Ben Jealous December 21, 2021December 22, 2021
Posted inOpinion

MARSHALL: When It Comes to Protecting Voting Rights, Moral Apathy Is Winning the Fight

by WI Guest Author December 1, 2021December 14, 2021
Martin Luther King III, with his wife Andrea and daughter Yolanda march with Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. U.S. Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-Texas, 18th District), and U.S. Rep. Al Green (D-Texas, 9th District) during the March on Washington for Voting Rights in northwest D.C. on Aug. 28. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inOpinion

JEALOUS: Time is Running Out to Protect the Right to Vote in 2022 and Beyond

by WI Guest Author September 22, 2021December 21, 2021
A voter takes advantage of the DCCC's "Cycle of Engagement Initiative" which provides greater access to voting for people of color. (Courtesy of DCCC)
Posted inOpinion

MARSHALL: Rebuild the Multiracial, Class-Based Coalition to Offset Today’s Voter Suppression

by WI Guest Author September 22, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inNational

Black Leaders Unite Against Voter Suppression

by James Wright Jr. July 28, 2021December 21, 2021
U.S. Capitol Building
Posted inPolitics

Texas Democrats Flee to D.C. in Attempt to Stifle GOP Voting Bill

by Stacy M. Brown July 12, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inOpinion

JEALOUS: Three Urgent Steps to Defend Democracy from Cynics and Skeptics

by WI Guest Author June 23, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inOpinion

JEALOUS: Black Churches Have Moral Authority to Defend the Black Vote

by WI Guest Author June 16, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inOpinion

BAILEY: Ongoing White Supremacy in Action

by WI Guest Author June 9, 2021December 21, 2021

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