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Despite voter apathy and disappointment over Democrats' inability to pass meaningful legislation, activists and others are urging Black Americans to vote in the 2022 midterms. (Courtesy Tom Arthur via Wikimedia Commons)

JESSE JACKSON: Democracy is Not a Partisan Issue

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. August 24, 2022August 24, 2022

Norton Rails Against GOP Bill Tightening Restrictions on D.C. Elections

by WI Web Staff August 16, 2022August 16, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris talks about the importance of this year’s November general election during the National Urban League convention in northwest D.C. on July 22. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Advocates: Voting Rights, Especially for Blacks, Remain Under Attack

by William J. Ford August 3, 2022August 4, 2022

Increasingly, officials recognize that establishing a polling location will improve voter access and turnout far better than jail-based absentee voting initiatives. (Courtesy of The Sentencing Project)

Sentencing Project Report Seeks to ‘Unlock the Vote’ in America’s Jails

by Stacy M. Brown August 3, 2022August 4, 2022

Bishop William J. Barber II (Stephen Pavey/Poor Peoples Campaign)

Rev. Barber Calls for Massive Participation at ‘Moral March on Washington’

by Stacy M. Brown June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

person holding white smartphone on white table

EDMONDS/PINTO: Voting Rights Is the Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time. Mobile Voting Can Help

by Rev. Lionel Edmonds and D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

Michelle Obama and Chris Paul Launch When We All Vote’s First HBCU Campaign, the VOTE LOUD HBCU Squad Challenge

by Jamila Bey March 9, 2022December 11, 2024

Attacking the Right to Vote Has Been Going on for Years; So Too Must Our Advocacy to Preserve Democracy

by Nse Ufot February 17, 2022February 17, 2022

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)

DUGAR: Ranking the Vote Equals Strengthening Our Democracy

by Sean Dugar February 16, 2022February 17, 2022

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

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

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