Modified but virulent Latino voter suppression system found across nation in latest Harvard study
Minority Voting Rights articles on Democracy Chronicles
Equal minority voting rights still face significant obstacles including in registering to vote and casting ballots. Attempts to manipulate the law in new ways that will disadvantage minority communities continue nationwide. Also see our sections on American democracy and our articles on the Voter Access, African-American Voting Rights, Latino Voting Rights or Native American Voting.
Supporting John Legend Voting Rights Act Oscar Comments
In star-studded Oscar night performance, rapper Common and singer John Legend voting rights support grounds overly lavish ceremony in reality of America
How the Latest Alabama Election Exposes Racial Tensions
Martin Luther King Jr and General Robert E Lee debate in Alabama election exposes racial tension
Giving Dominican-Origin Puerto Ricans Voting Rights
Hundreds of thousands of Dominican-Origin Puerto Ricans deserve voting rights despite legal status
Empire Into Forest: Pillars of White Supremacy
Gouache concept is based on the article, Hetero-patriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy (Rethinking Women of Color Organizing), by Andrea Smith.
America’s Unfulfilled Promise of Equality Under Law
America is an unfulfilled promise, sitting on her potential. We have traded in reason for bullets of fear. There is little justice for us in life or in death, but they tell us to stick to the script, “You have a black president, what more do you want?”
In Front of Us: On Freedom of Expression and Education
Have you not ever felt weird when having a full plate in front of you, remembering that others don’t have much to eat? That weird feeling is called consciousness, which implies empathy with other human beings, appreciating and not taking for granted something that others, so many others, don’t have and didn’t have
How to Conduct the 2020 Census Online
Reducing waste and saving government millions possible if holding 2020 census online is successful
Most Diverse Congress in History Not Diverse Enough
104 women and 96 minorities counted in most diverse Congress still leave much room for improvement
Why Our Rights Are Non-Negotiable
Like the attacks on the WTC on 9/11, this idea that it’s people’s rights that are somehow up for debate should scare the living shit out of the public. The people have been trained to negotiate our rights but these rights are non-negotiable!