Unleashing the Power of Poor Voters

Unleashing the Power of Poor Voters

Voter mobilization is not easy in Metcalfe Park, a majority-Black neighborhood in Milwaukee scarred by poverty, racism, disenfranchisement, and neglect. “I don’t believe in voting,” one young Black woman told Melody McCurtis, who’s been going door-to-door to get out...
Voter Suppression in a Pandemic Election

Voter Suppression in a Pandemic Election

Although the United States hails itself as a bastion of representative democracy, voting regulations suppress the vote even in a normal year — and even more so during the pandemic. Texas, for example, only allows absentee voting if voters are 65 or older, disabled, or...
When Men Legally Controlled Women

When Men Legally Controlled Women

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, when women got the right to vote in all 50 states. Limiting voting to men at the nation’s founding was part of the legal doctrine of coverture, in which a woman was legally represented first by her father...