Sometimes the benefits of voting aren’t obvious. For Black voters in Georgia they are, courtesy a NAACP Atlanta StoryMap that shows how they gain from the American Rescue Plan. And what they stand to lose as the Republican legislature has just passed bills to make it harder for communities of color to vote. People are …
‘Jim Crow in a suit and tie’: Outrage over Georgia’s new bills to restrict voting access. Bills would reduce weekend voting , end automatic registration, and make it illegal to give food and water to voters waiting in line. – Independent Voter Suppression or Bust. After failing to suppress enough Black votes to steal the …
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West Virginia is already the poorest state in the country. It’ll be even poorer because of Senator Manchin’s cuts to benefits in the American Rescue Plan. West Virginia suffers from poverty, poor education and healthcare. This interactive map shows the West Virginia counties that will suffer the most from the benefits cut by Senator Joe …
