Virginia, the state with 2021’s most expansive and inclusive voting reforms enacted after the 2020 presidential election, is leaving it up to its 133 counties to offer early voting on Sunday known as “souls to the polls” for its statewide elections in November. Read more…
Fulfilling a promise over 50 years in the making, a North Carolina Court extended the right to vote to people formerly incarcerated for felonies; lawyers and advocates say this is the single largest grant of voting rights in North Carolina since the 1965 Voting Rights Act was passed. Read more…
President Joe Biden recently vowed to put $107 billion toward immigration initiatives. Organizers say it’s time those efforts include Black immigrants. Read more…
Black Voters Matter builds community power by understanding and supporting local infrastructure. It works with local partners to expand its outreach nationwide. Read more…
“The Anti-Vaxx Industry boasts over $35 million in annual revenues while driving an estimated $1.1 billion in advertising dollars to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. according to the CCDH Report. Read more…
New online platform aims to help Black and Latinx real estate buyers and sellers connect with trusted local professionals New York, NY — Inequity in the racial divide can be. Read more…
Social media accounts dedicated to crowdfunded reparations have taken off during the pandemic. Will these grassroots efforts affect the national debate?
The call for reparations to compensate for the enslavement of Black people in America has been long ignored. Local organizations from coast to coast have taken on the task of redistributing thousands of dollars to Black people. Read more…
The Richmond Crusade for Voters plans to urge city voters to support incumbent Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette W. McEachin and incumbent Richmond Sheriff Antionette V. Irving in the June 8 Democratic primary. Read more…
Black Americans have formally advocated for reparations since the end of the Civil War. After decades of work from activists pushing the issue, presidential candidates, Congress members, local governments and private institutions have debated whether and how the federal government should issue reparations for Black Americans who are descendants of slaves. Read more…
