WASHINGTON — America wakes up this morning with cities still smoldering after a weekend of violent protest, in...
Jun 01, 2020In a global COVID-19 crisis, flashes of authoritarian instinct
WASHINGTON — Fear and chaos are the soil in which authoritarianism grows best, and we have entered a...
Mar 20, 2020Democracy Undone: The Authoritarian’s Playbook – Overview
Seven steps by populists worldwide to undermine the democracies that elected them By Kevin Douglas Grant|October 17, 2019|@kevindgrant...
Oct 17, 2019The trauma of white supremacist violence, from Charlottesville to El Paso
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — Messages of hope and resistance are etched in multi-colored chalk along the red brick walls of...
Aug 12, 2019New U.S. sanctions on Cuba would slam shut diplomatic window
WASHINGTON — National Security Advisor John Bolton announced more steps to turn back the clock on U.S.-Cuba relations...
Apr 19, 2019Cuba’s constitutional referendum awakens religious groups to their own power
HAVANA — From the jubilant inauguration of the first new Catholic church in 60 years in the western...
Mar 13, 2019Voting rights in Georgia remain in doubt
Republican Brian Kemp didn’t resign his position as secretary of state until two days after the election in...
Dec 19, 2018Wisconsin legislature limits successors’ power in ‘assault on democratic norm’
At a closed-door “extraordinary session” held overnight in the Wisconsin legislature, Republican senators voted to strip power from...
Dec 05, 2018Georgia’s secretary of state runoff highlights voting obstacles for minorities
ATLANTA — After a gubernatorial election that made national headlines for allegations of voter suppression, the people of Georgia...
Dec 05, 2018Voting rights are civil rights
WASHINGTON — The Voting Rights Act, a cornerstone of the civil rights era, passed Congress in 1965 to remove...
Nov 14, 2018Georgia’s election lingers in the shadows of voter suppression
UPDATE (November 13, 2018): A federal court ruled Monday night that Georgia must count all votes before delivering...
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