Politics
August 23, 2013 -
North Carolina has been grabbing national headlines for its efforts to restrict access to the franchise, but it's not alone, as recent developments in Texas and Arkansas make clear.
August 23, 2013 -
Since Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signed into law one of the most restrictive voting bills in the nation, three county boards of elections have taken steps to limit college students' ability to vote or run for office. But have Republicans' actions awakened a sleeping giant?
August 20, 2013 -
North Carolina Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, a progressive Democrat from Orange County, is giving up her seat in the legislature to work with a grassroots effort to ensure voters have the type of identification required by the state's restrictive new voting law.
August 20, 2013 -
A union organizer and a third-generation organizer working in the South offer their ideas for building a culture of unionism in the region -- or anywhere the idea of collective development and exercise of power has waned.
August 15, 2013 -
Three lawsuits have been filed alleging that North Carolina's new voting law is discriminatory and unconstitutional. We look at some of the numbers behind those claims.
August 14, 2013 -
Mrs. Rosanell Eaton once fought for voting rights under Jim Crow. Now she and other civil rights advocates are fighting for voting rights under North Carolina's Republican government.
August 9, 2013 -
Facing a legal challenge under the Voting Rights Act over its redistricting maps, the Lone Star State argues that its racism isn't flagrant enough to be of concern.
