The seeds of World Press Freedom Day were sown in Windhoek, Namibia in 1991. Namibia had just won...
May 03, 2021
These Native American women are reclaiming a ‘stolen’ part of their identity: Their language
In 1980, when fourth-grader Quirina Geary’s class learned about Spanish missions and the Native American tribes they conquered,...
Apr 16, 2021
57 years after MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, the Black church marches on
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s iconic “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” began humbly, as a few sentences...
Apr 16, 2021
Beyond language: How to enfranchise voters who don’t speak English
Editor’s note: This is the last story in a two-part series about American voters who struggle to participate...
Mar 03, 2021
Myanmar’s failed experiment with democracy
Myanmar’s path toward democracy has taken a detour, circling back into the clutches of the military. Or, as...
Feb 05, 2021
After Georgia wins, voting rights advocates see a window for election reform
Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock swept Georgia’s Senate runoff races on Tuesday, capping Georgia's astonishing...
Jan 08, 2021
Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger: strong against Trump, weak on voting rights
ATLANTA — Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger took a call from President Donald Trump on Saturday unlike...
Jan 04, 2021
Court fees and fines make voting near-impossible for ex-felons in Tennessee
In the summer of 2018, Sean Murray dialed his local news channel after seeing a segment on voter...
Dec 22, 2020
Can Georgia’s voting rights activists get out the vote one more time?
Leah Owenby, a lifelong Georgia resident, has voted in every presidential election since she turned 18. But Georgia’s...
Dec 21, 2020
‘Women doing whatever we want’: The little-known fight for women’s financial rights
At 25 years old, Oklahoma City-native Terry Neese wanted to buy a building to expand her small but...
Nov 30, 2020
