Kings or Slaves?
Today, we honor a man whose courage must now be ours; and then we can make America truly great again. On October 19, 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Georgia for driving with an ...more
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Case Against Georgia Senator Nikema Williams Dismissed
Charges have been dropped against Georgia Senator Nikema Williams, who was arrested at her place of work — the Georgia State Capitol — while observing a Count Every Vote protest last November. “My charges might have been dropped,” says Williams, “but this is ...more
How Brian Kemp STOLE The Georgia ElectionCenk Uygur talks to Palast on The Young Turks' Rebel HQ
Brian Kemp purged half a million voters in 2017 ahead of his race for the governor's office against the Democratic Party's candidate, Stacey Abrams. He said they left the state. (There must have been moving vans everywhere!) Our experts went ...more
Abrams’ New Voting Rights Org, Fair Fight Georgia, Files Suit
Stacey Abrams, who refused to officially concede defeat in her bid for Governor, filed suit today in federal court in Atlanta charging the entire election process was hopelessly tainted. Charging Kemp "grossly mismanaged" election and "unconstitutionally ...more
Georgia Senator Nikema Williams: Black, Female and Under Arrest
Georgia state Senator Nikema Williams didn't plan on being arrested last week. She certainly didn't think she'd be zip-tied by cops and asked to submit to a strip search. ...more
Here’s how Republicans Hijacked a Bill Designed to ‘Help America Vote’
There's a fascinating history to what Joe Madison calls "James Crow, Esq., voting suppression" — and that history tells us what we can do to solve the problem of Republicans using the Help America Vote Act to block people from ...more
What We Must Do Now: Abrams, Georgia & Something Extraordinary
Days ago, I received a call from Stacey Abrams' lead attorneys. Our investigative team had "gold," as they put it, for litigating the election: Expert analysis proving 340,134 voters were wrongly purged. Plus, we had ...more
How JFK Saved MLK’s LifeAnd So Won The Presidency
On October 19, 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Georgia for driving with an Alabama driver's license and sentenced to six months hard labor. No one expected King to survive the sentence – he’d be lynched at the ...more
