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The Georgia Indictment Speaks to History

David Firestone New York Times
Ms. Willis in trying to tell the full story, made sure the high cost paid by lesser-known figures was also recorded. Specifically, the indictment focuses on the outrageous accusations made against Ruby Freeman, the Atlanta election worker singled out

White Minority Locks Out First Black Mayor of Newbern, Alabama

Equal Justice Initiative Equal Justice Initiative
Patrick Braxton, first Black mayor of Newbern, small town in Alabama’s Black Belt region, filed federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the white former mayor and city council members violated the Constitution when they locked him out of the Town Hall

Mobile, Alabama, Just Diluted the Black Vote Through Annexation

Ryan Zickgraf Jacobin
Last week’s annexation vote in Mobile, Alabama, added thousands of white residents, reducing the black-white voter gap in the majority-minority city. It’s an effective strategy used by city elites to artificially inflate conservative political power.

To Deepen Democracy, Give Workers More Say

Desmond Serrette Convergence
If we are to save our democracy, we must increase the influence of everyday people, of the workers who make corporations run. Worker power is the only counterbalance to corporate power.
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