| Mar 11, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBirmingham, Alabama is a landmark city for the American civil rights movement. Even today, it’s ground zero for a vital fight over voting rights. I visited Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham recently to deliver inmates a simple message: you are free to vote, even if...
| Feb 5, 2020 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyHours before the House of Representatives impeached Donald Trump for using the power of his office to sabotage our elections, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) gave a passionate speech on the House floor emphasizing that his colleagues’ duty with their pending votes was far...
| Dec 10, 2019 | Rights / DemocracyAs President Trump’s impeachment unspools, news coverage is buzzing about conspiracy theories and geopolitical rivalries. But at the root of Trump’s effort to extort Ukraine was a simple motive: Trump hoped to influence our elections to preserve his power and that of...
| Nov 6, 2019 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRepublicans are less likely to win elections when voter turnout is high. It’s true: Four of the five states with the highest voter turnout voted blue in the last presidential and midterm elections. All are crucial swing states. In 2016, the one that didn’t — Wisconsin...
| Jul 10, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe poll tax Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just signed into law may cost his state $365 million a year — indefinitely. DeSantis and the GOP-led Florida legislature recently made quick work of dismantling Amendment 4, a voter-approved ballot initiative that would’ve...
