by Molly Horak | Jun 6, 2019 | Newsclips
Thousands of Pennsylvanians have their votes rejected every year — in violation of their constitutional rights — because the commonwealth’s tight deadlines for absentee ballots are far more restrictive than those of other states, advocates argued Wednesday before a...
by Molly Horak | Jun 4, 2019 | Newsclips
Tequila Johnson lists off laundromats, nightclubs and churches. Those are the places her team of 150 volunteers visited during the midterm elections last year, registering black voters across Tennessee. In the end, she estimates The Equity Alliance, where she is...
by Molly Horak | Jun 4, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, as the United States recognizes the historic anniversary commemorating the passage of the 19th Amendment which secured the right to vote for women, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights...
by Molly Horak | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog
Standing on the victory podium with his fist defiantly held in the air in the Black Power salute, African-American sprinter John Carlos knew his action would spark outrage around the world. But as an athlete who just won a bronze medal in track and field at the 1968...
by Molly Horak | Jun 3, 2019 | Newsclips
A rural, majority African American county in Georgia that backed off a contentious plan to close most of its voting locations before last year’s election is now evaluating the costs of repairing its precincts. The revived review of voting locations raised...
