This article by Ellie Silverman is published by The Washington Post. Here is an excerpt:

Twenty-eight people were arrested outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday as a group of college students, faith leaders and civil rights organizers on a hunger strike demanded that the Senate pass federal voting rights legislation.

After months of advocacy and in the absence of legislative action, voting rights activists have said they would keep escalating their tactics to make sure their voices are heard.

“This is a desperate time,” said Shana Gallagher, the co-founder and executive director of un-PAC, an advocacy group that launched in March, employs student organizers and describes itself as nonpartisan.

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