ELECTION RESOURCES
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Many races are on the ballot in the 2024 elections, including opportunities to decide which judges will serve in state and local courts.
In some battleground states, Black voter turnout has experienced record highs, while in others, the numbers are lagging.
POLITICAL ISSUES
The African American Policy Forum is clarifying major election issues facing our communities.
The 10th anniversary of Michael Brown Jr.'s police killing in Ferguson, Missouri, spotlights the need for Black communities to develop ways to cope with such violence.
The United States severely underfunds child care, and this leaves families and child care providers struggling to keep up, child care advocate Mica Whitfield writes.
THE BLACK BALLOT
In the U.S. Senate's 235 years, there have only been 14 Senators who are Black, including the most recent additions, Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks.
In this final episode, our esteemed host Tiffany Cross, speaks with other black ballot voices about the realities of what’s at stake this election. The final stage will be set with a republican (Lenny Mcallister), an independent (samson styles) and two democrats (Reecie Colbert and Davante Jennings). The conversation will expand from voter suppression, the […]
Episode 19 of 'The Black Ballot' explores COVID-19’s impact, the rise of social media activism, and the spread of conspiracy theories that challenged American democracy.
The Washington Monthly took the time to compare and contrast the Biden and Trump Presidencies. In this final episode of The Black Ballot we take the viewer through the accomplishments and failures of each administration through these facts and through their own words in the 2020 debates. Trump, once again, expressed the possiblity of not […]
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Want to save yourself the trouble of listening to Trump's propaganda campaign? Tune in to the People's State of the Union and watch the official responses.
Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson refused to put redistricting to a vote due to a lack of support and concerns over potential legal action.
Republicans have introduced two bills aimed at making voting significantly harder for Black people, naturalized citizens, and women.
Because of the illusion of whiteness as a synonym for American, we've had a long and storied tradition of voting exclusively for white men in almost every presidential election.
Lede The fact that election administration, real integrity, and security could be affected is a feature, not a bug. It's a poll tax on steroids.
THE BLACK BALLOT – EPISODE 18