IN THE NEWS

In 2021, our work was front and center across the nation.

Here are some headlines that took airwaves by storm and stood out: “We have seen the most significant rollback of voting rights this past year in state legislatures. This court decision is opening up the floodgates to more of that.” “The most important thing is for them to take responsibility for what we

“How SCOTUS voting rights decision is saw and not to downplay “opening up the floodgates” for voter discrimination”, it,’ said Judith Browne Dianis, MSNBC, July 2021. Executive Director of Advancement

Read more Project National Office.” “Protesting and voting are two essential parts of the democratic formula. We can only defend our democracy — and usher in an inclusive and just future for all — when we defend the right to vote alongside the right to protest.”

”Why Florida Gov. DeSantis signed voting rights restriction on Fox News”, USA Today, May 2021.

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“What Black People Saw When Border Patrol Whipped Haitians on Horseback”, Vice News, September 2021. Read more

“The Supreme Court … dealt another blow to the Voting Rights Act just this past session, and so it’s made it harder for us to prove discrimination in the courts, but we’re still in the states— we’re still fighting—using what’s left of the voting rights act, and using the constitution.”

“Voting protection bill blocked in Senate”, PBS, October 2021.

Read more “Florida’s recent legislation attacking the voting rights of its Black and Latino residents is like a virus attacking the human heart... Without a remedy to undo the effects, our democracy will die.”

“Another legal challenge filed against new restrictions on voting by mail in Florida”, Miami Herald, May 2021. Read more

“This really shows the dehumanization of Black people at the hands of police, and that this isn’t just about this trial, but it is the story that the Black community keeps telling America, that there is a problem with policing and that we are targeted by the police.”

“Impact of testimony from the first week of Derek Chauvin’s murder trial”, CBS News, April 2021.

Read more “Activists vowed Wednesday to keep fighting for substantial changes to the Minneapolis Police Department, despite the defeat of a ballot initiative that would have replaced it with a reimagined public safety unit in the city where George Floyd died under an officer’s knee.”

“Activists keep police reform push despite Minneapolis loss”, AP News, November 2021.

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