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Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams arrives to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia on March 19, 2021. (Photo: Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images)

After Being Cut Off by GOP Senator, Stacey Abrams Releases 6-Minute Rundown of Georgia's Attack on Voting

"In Fulton County, our largest county and one that is predominantly African American, the number of drop boxes will be reduced from 38 to eight."

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

April 2, 2019, Interstate 40, Adrian, Texas. (Photo: Paul Harris/Getty Images)

It's Not Too Late to Reverse Course on the Climate Crisis

We can act now with proven tools to cut greenhouse gas emissions and store vastly more carbon in plants and the earth.

Frances Moore Lappé ·

President Donald Trump speaks about the election after presenting the Medal of Freedom to former college football coach Lou Holtz in the Oval Office of the White House on December 3, 2020. (Photo: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Voter Fraud Revisited

This year, over 300 bills have been introduced to restrict voting rights.

Christopher Brauchli ·

A man wearing a mask walks past a "vote to exist" sign displayed on the windows of Kenneth Cole on September 22, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

If CEOs Really Want to Stop GOP Attacks on Voting, Say Progressives, They'd Support the For the People Act

"While it's great that these executives and their companies oppose the Jim Crow-style laws that GOP lawmakers are pushing across the country, this kind of talk is cheap without action."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

People stand in line outside of the Georgia State Capitol to pay respects to the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) on July 29, 2020 in Atlanta. (Photo: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

Corporate Media Not Gonna Both-Sides Voter Suppression in Georgia, Are They?

Oh yes they are.

Julie Hollar ·

The cover of the new report from Public Citizen—titled "The Corporate Sponsors of Voter Suppression"—features a photoshopped version of an image of Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signing that state's voter suppression bill into law last month with a painting in the background overlaid with logos of major corporate donors who have lavished campaign contributions on the GOP in recent years.

'Follow the Money': Corporations Gave $50 Million to GOP Lawmakers Behind Voter Suppression Onslaught

"No matter how many PR statements Big Business puts out, its complicity with the antidemocratic forces that want to make voting harder is clear."

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

Demonstrators hold a sit-in inside of the Georgia state Capitol building in opposition to a voter suppression bill on March 8, 2021 in Atlanta. (Photo: Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Corporate Backers of Georgia's New Voter Suppression Law

Georgia-based companies have gotten backlash from voting advocates for their silence on new regressive legislation.

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy ·

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, a former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, both expressed support for Major League Baseball's decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta due to Georgia's new voter restriction law. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

As Republicans Fume, Georgia Dems Have Mixed Reactions to MLB's All-Star Game Relocation

"Businesses and organizations have great power in their voices and ability to push for change, and I respect the decision of the players to speak out against this unjust law," said Sen. Raphael Warnock.

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

A woman protests against Georgia's voter restriction bill outside the State Capitol in Atlanta on March 8, 2021. (Photo: Megan Varner/Getty Images)

GOP Attack on Democracy Surges as Texas Voter Suppression Bill Passes Senate

"It's clear that the Republican Party believes the only way they can win future elections is to keep millions of Americans from casting their ballots."

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Republicans are intent on holding on to power at all costs, like the Afrikaners in apartheid South Africa. (Photo: Phelan M. Ebenhack for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

A Cold Civil War Is Being Waged by Republicans

Republicans who failed to overturn the 2020 presidential election are now trying to prevent future electoral defeats through voter suppression.

David A. Love ·