The famous Norman Rockwell painting “The Problem We All Live With” depicts 6-year-old Ruby Bridges, who is Black,...
Sep 04, 2020
For this Selma native, the legacy of the 19th Amendment continues in fight against voter suppression
Twenty-two years ago, LaTosha Brown ran for State Board of Education in Alabama. Throughout the campaign, the Selma...
Aug 19, 2020
‘Crucial voices’: the US women leading the fight against voter suppression
With the U.S. democracy facing perhaps its gravest threat, from voter suppression to the decimation of the U.S....
Aug 18, 2020
‘An awakening’: George Floyd protests spur surge in Black voter registration
Gregory Sarafan spends most election years assisting team leaders with registration events at concerts, where they target young,...
Aug 10, 2020
‘Where are the women?’: The untaught history of women’s suffrage
This story is part of a larger reporting effort on voting rights in America presented with support from...
Jul 30, 2020
Alabama’s get-out-the-vote activists fight back against voting restrictions
Mid-summer, every big election year, Montgomery activist Kynesha Brown’s after-work schedule starts to fill up. In normal times,...
Jul 13, 2020
One church’s tale of two pandemics, 100 years apart
LOS ANGELES — At the height of the influenza pandemic in 1918, the Rev. John Misao Yamazaki stopped...
Apr 15, 2020