Tag: voting

By The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. A new year is a time for reflection on the past and hope for the future. My new year’s...

By Julianne Malveaux The Souls to the Polls movement encourages African American church attendees to get out and vote. The churches that promote this movement...

MSN News Voting rights activist and politician Stacey Abrams has been nominated by a Norwegian lawmaker for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Reuters reports. Abrams, who played...

By Ja'han Jones Black Voices With three weeks left before polls close in two U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia that will determine the balance of...

By Derek Major Black Enterprise Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams said Monday that more than 750,000 residents in Georgia have requested a ballot for the state’s...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  More than 500 people stood in lines that wrapped around a downtown Birmingham park for the first Saturday of in-person...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times   A bipartisan group of Jefferson County (AL) Commissioners on Friday voted 4-0 to open the downtown Birmingham and Bessemer County...

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and ANGELIKI KASTANIS Associated Press Nearly 21 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election, a record-shattering avalanche of early votes driven...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times  The decision whether to open the Birmingham and Bessemer Courthouses for in-person absentee voting on Saturdays is now in the...

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff As one who was beaten and bloodied pursuing the right to vote for Black Americans, the late John Lewis understood as...