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“Algerians cannot and will not put up with being humiliated any longer. They want to live in a democratic Algeria with social justice. The national wealth must be fairly distributed. Clientelism and corruption must be forever banished,”

Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently announced a voter purge of 330,000 people that could affect the 2020 elections. Voting rights activists are rallying to fight this and other similar purges throughout the South.

Refugees are expected to share and curate their stories, but this can do more harm than good. The pressure of storytelling can leave refugees feeling disempowered, and there is often the expectation that refugees owe the wider public their stories.