August 22nd, 2019021By Rosaland Tyler
Associate Editor
New Journal and Guide
Aiming to bring voter suppression sharply into focus, former Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams recently launched Fair Fight 2020 in a Gwinnett County elementary school, a voting site that experienced “technical difficulties” and caused lines to back up on...
November 23rd, 201805By Rosaland Tyler
Associate Editor
New Journal and Guide
When Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams formally conceded the governor’s race on Nov. 16 to former Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, some reflected on how Barack Obama lost to Rep. Bobby Rush in 2000, won a U.S. Senate seat four years later, and the...
September 2nd, 2018060The efforts of a prominent Washington, D.C. organization have resulted in a major voting rights victory for individuals of color in a small – but significant – Georgia town.
District-based Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law led others including the ACLU of Georgia and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in successfully getting...
