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Illustration of Different People of Color With Voting Stickers
Despite all the barriers, our communities showed up for democracy. Here is what must come next.
Blog
K. Sabeel Rahman

This year, as we attempt to keep our loved ones safe during a deadly pandemic, more people in our communities will be voting by mail (absentee) than ever before. Counting those votes will take time.

Policy Briefs
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"I Voted" stickers on desk
We should think of November 3rd as merely the first of many days of electoral uncertainty while states count every vote. And that is okay.
Blog
Damon L. Daniels
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Voter registration clipboard and I Voted stickers
North Carolina was failing in its voter registration obligations even before the pandemic. Blueprint North Carolina and others stepped in to compensate for the state.
Blog
Damon L. Daniels
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Latina woman voting at a voting booth
Andrea Serrano and Miles Tokunow of OLÉ (Organizers in the Land of Enchantment) on their efforts to combat white supremacist voter intimidation and build power for working people and people of color in New Mexico.
Blog
Laura Williamson
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Empty chairs in a college classroom
Now is the perfect time to talk about the federal government making a firm, durable guarantee of free or affordable college to all students.
Blog
Mark Huelsman

Identifying Communities That Face Environmental Injustice, Using Lessons Learned from State Equity Mapping Programs

Policy Briefs
Evergreen Collaborative
Demos

Efforts to change the long-standing practice of counting every individual in the country for the purposes of drawing legislative districts would reduce the political power of—and the resources provided to—Black and brown people.

Research
Shruti Banerjee
Naila Awan

From March through May, New Florida Majority Education Fund surveyed over 21,000 Floridians to ask how the pandemic was affecting their lives and well-being. This report presents our findings from those surveys.

Research
Demos
New Florida Majority Education Fund

An overview of the vote-by-mail eligibility criteria in Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, and California and the hurdles Black voters may face. 

Policy Briefs
Demos
Black Futures Lab