Tag: Georgia
Advocates Seek Law Change to End Citizen Arrests in Georgia
By JEFF AMY | Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) _ Civil rights groups called for Georgia lawmakers to repeal the state's 19th-century citizen's arrest law Monday,...
SPLC Announces $30 Million Investment to Increase Voter Registration
NNPA Newswire Staff Report
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) last week announced it is investing up to $30 million from its endowment in voter...
Meet the black Republican woman trying to unseat civil rights icon John Lewis
Edited by Emily Crockett & Allison Elyse Gualtieri
The 53-year-old hopes to unseat the popular civil rights icon John Lewis, 80, who has represented Georgia’s...
Democrats 2020 – Not the Person, but the Program
By Julianne Malveaux
Now that the midterm elections are over, and Democrats are savoring their victory, more than a dozen Democrats say they are considering...
Early Voting Numbers Signal Big Turnout for Midterms as Voter Suppression Looms
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent
In Georgia, close to three times the number of people who voted early during the last midterm election...
