This dispatch is part of a series in collaboration with PBS American Experience that explores the expansion of...
Nov 02, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
‘Passing the baton’: Civil Rights era elders are helping protestors channel activism into voting for change
Why Native Americans don’t share the government’s optimism about the census
The Census Bureau has touted the non-response follow-up (NRFU) rate as evidence of a good census count. As...
Nov 02, 2020
Small-town tensions illustrate the threat of political violence in America
Updated Nov. 23, 2020 ALLENDALE, Mich. — The two sides sized each other up in a town park...
Nov 02, 2020
Washington state Latinos are pushing for ranked choice voting to boost equity
Evangelina “Bengie” Aguilar, 59, spent her childhood as a migrant farmworker. She was born in Arizona, but work...
Nov 02, 2020
Scientists said to buy cheaper, safer voter machines. South Carolina spent $51 million on these instead
COLUMBIA, S.C. – It’s difficult to talk for long about voting technology and election security in South Carolina...
Nov 01, 2020
A Michigan standoff: Gun rights vs. voting rights
DETROIT — The political battleground of Michigan has drawn President Trump and former Vice President Biden to the...
Oct 30, 2020
Millions of US voters may miss the historic 2020 election because their English isn’t good enough
READING, Pa. – More than 8 million U.S. voting-age citizens don’t speak English well enough to vote. That’s...
Oct 30, 2020
A year unlike any other for the Black American electorate
It will be hard for history books to encompass the months leading up to the 2020 election. The...
Oct 30, 2020
What do the Supreme Court’s voting rights rulings portend for the election?
Supreme Court decisions in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and North Carolina this week demonstrated justices’ ability to either check accelerating...
Oct 29, 2020
Across the country, Muslims are fighting voter suppression and intimidation
A Muslim activist in Lackawanna, New York, said she suspected her vote had not been counted after she...
Oct 28, 2020