Politics

Voting rights advocates, including Stacey Abrams, founder of Fair Fight Action, challenge provisions of the law which they saw could strip control from local election boards and increase penalties for voting-related criminal charges.

The new law does not go as far as House Bill 21 introduced by State Rep. Attica Scott, also known as Breonna’s Law.

Jones was the first woman elected as St. Louis Treasurer in 2012. After her narrow loss in the 2017 mayoral election, Jones continued to work with the movement that embraced her.

To say Charles was well respected would be an understatement, with news of her unexpected passing rocking many to the core. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Charles brought her passion for justice with her from the courtroom into the studio.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and House Speaker David Ralston are placing the blame on everyone except for themselves.

After facing threats of a boycott, Delta Air Lines' CEO Ed Bastain reversed his praise of Georgia's controversial new law restricting voting access expected to disproportionately affect Black and brown communities.

Out of President Joe Biden’s 11 nominees to be federal judges, nine are women, five are Black and four are Black women.

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian praised Georgia's new voter suppression laws with a statement that sounded like it could have been written in coordination with Gov. Brian Kemp’s team.

Cliff Albright, the co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, said the most troubling parts of SB 202 are the provisions diluting Georgia's secretary of state’s power and allowing local county boards to take over an election.

Legislation that could improve access to the ballot and strengthen democracy depends on whether the Senate can remove the filibuster, which has a history rooted in racism.