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Poll Worker Recruitment and Retention Is a Serious Problem Nationwide Poll workers are the unsung heroes of our democracy. These temporary workers set up polling places, check in voters, verify identification, support elderly voters and voters with disabilities, maintain machines, safeguard election security, and so much more. Across the country, it is difficult to recruit…

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Elections in Georgia Are Under Strain and Underfunded Elections in Georgia and across the country are becoming more complex, more expensive, and more difficult to administer. Counties are mostly fulfilling their legal requirements, but there is clear evidence of strain in the system. The state has contributed to this environment by repeatedly passing complex election-related legislation, but…

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Introduction This project examines the critical strain caused by underfunding in Georgia elections. In Georgia, elections are administered at the county level, but governed by the state. In recent years, the state has repeatedly passed complex election-related legislation without providing funding for counties to comply with the new legal requirements. As a result, Georgia counties…

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Head strikes, body slams, stabbings, chemical agents sprayed within inches of the face — this isn’t a dramatized portrayal of prison violence for a splashy television series. This is the daily reality for incarcerated people at Gulf Correctional Institution and many other Florida prisons. Gulf is one of the most brutal prisons run by the…

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Introduction 2025 marked the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a landmark natural disaster and human cataclysm. Amid the devastation of that hurricane, we witnessed the infringement of fundamental human rights, including access to food, water, shelter and safety. But the right that undergirds all of these is the right to vote: “preservative of all rights,”…

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With so much on the line for our communities and a historic election on the horizon in 2024, it was critical that our efforts to advance racial justice in the Deep South were strategic, innovative and impactful.

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The starting point for understanding hate crimes and their impact is to recognize that criminal activity motivated by bias is different from other criminal conduct. First, these crimes occur because of the perpetrator’s bias or animus against the victim on the basis of actual or perceived status. The victim’s race, religion, ethnicity, gender, gender identity,…

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This guide sets out 10 principles for fighting hate, along with a collection of inspiring stories of people who worked to push hate out of their communities.

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Thomas, a Black ninth grader from Louisiana, was required to transfer to an alternative school after he was shot. At the time of his exclusion, he had not been arrested or charged with any crime; instead, he was a victim of crime. After being discharged from the hospital, his home high school barred him from…

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The time is now for federal funding to adequately support communities that are disproportionately impacted by natural disasters and climate change by focusing preparation and recovery efforts on rebuilding communities, not just rebuilding property.” In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina, a storm with sustained winds of 125 mph when it made landfall, caused widespread destruction…