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The Mother Jones PodcastStacey Abrams Is Hellbent on Stopping the GOP's "Jim Crow 2.0"Stacey Abrams has a name for the series of bills that just passed the Georgia state legislature: “Jim Crow in a suit and tie.” Abrams joins the Mother Jones Podcast to explain why your right to vote is once again under attack—perhaps more so now than it has been in generations. Donald Trump’s big election fraud lie sparked a deluge of voter suppression efforts across the country. Over the past two months, GOP legislatures have pushed 253 new voting restrictions in 43 states. Under the guise of “election integrity,” these restrictions run the gamut: enacting voter ID laws, limiting early voting...2021-03-1024 min
The PoliticratYour Vote Is The Voice Republicans Are Quietly Stealing Now In Time For Their Jim Crow Steal Of 2022Omar Moore on the hundreds of pieces of thuggish voter suppression that Republican politicians (who lied when they said Democrats rigged the 2020 election) are quietly passing right now across the U.S. in time to suppress Black, Brown, Asian and Native voters in the 2022 midterm elections. Time for you to organize now and stop the steal FOR REAL. March 9, 2022.
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Stacey Abrams on Twitter: her thread here— https://twitter.com/staceyabrams/status/1369014302548447233?s=21
Ari Berman on Twitter: his thread here—
https://twitter.com/ariberman/status/1369059536661848071?s=21
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Notes from America with Kai WrightThe Racist History of Georgia’s RunoffSegregationists gamed the system 57 years ago. But this year, Black organizers may have finally slipped the knot that Jim Crow tied around democracy in the state.
Ari Berman, senior reporter at Mother Jones and author of “Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America” (2016), joins us to explain the history of runoff elections in Georgia -- and to talk about what might have changed in 2020. We also talk to Nsé Ufot, the CEO of The New Georgia Project, about the organization’s work to get out the vote on the ground right now.
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You and Me Both with Hillary ClintonNow What, Part 1 (with Stacey Abrams, Ari Berman, and Soledad O'Brien)How did Joe Biden and Kamala Harris win one of the most important elections in American history? Hillary dives into how it all played out with voting rights activist Stacey Abrams and journalists Ari Berman and Soledad O’Brien.Stacey Abrams was the 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia and previously served as the minority leader in the Georgia House of Representatives. As the founder of Fair Fight and Fair Count, she has been a major force in the push to advance voting rights and ensure fair elections. Her new book is Our Time is...2020-11-1052 min
The Mother Jones PodcastExclusive: Stacey Abrams on Trump's Existential Threat to VotingOn today’s show, an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, the Democratic powerhouse who launched voting rights initiative Fair Fight after her 2018 loss to now-Gov. Brian Kemp. Mother Jones’s voting rights reporter Ari Berman asks Abrams if the coronavirus crisis will add even more obstacles to voting in America. Abrams holds fast to her belief that there’s no reason for elections in November to be disrupted by the pandemic. “We were able to vote during the Civil War, we were able to vote during the Spanish flu of 1918, there is no excuse for not...2020-05-1332 min
Election Ride HomeTue. 12/17 – The Debate Is OnThursday’s DNC debate is actually happening, Georgia purges more than 300,000 voters from its voter rolls, the impeachment update, a new Republican-funded Super PAC aims to defeat Trump, candidates ask the DNC to change its qualification rules for upcoming debates, and Debate Bingo is here.Sponsors:ExpressVPN – TryExpressVPN.com/RIDE Links:Debate Bingo (Election Ride Home)Chris Higgins on TwitterChris Higgins on InstagramElection Ride Home on TwitterElection Ride Home on FacebookUnite Here 11 press release (Unite Here 11)The fate of L.A.’s Democratic presidential debate hinges on a bargaining session (LA Times)Judge Permi...2019-12-1717 min
The Mother Jones PodcastLie, Block, Betray: Trump After the Blue WaveThe midterms aren't over: votes are being counted and recounted in key battleground states. This week, we take you directly to Broward County, Florida, where reporter Pema Levy is staking out the local elections offices, awaiting results from a dramatic statewide recount, as streets heat up with protesters. We also go to Atlanta, where senior editor Kiera Butler brings you the latest from the nail-biting Georgia Governor's race, between Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp. Whatever happens, Kiera says the changing face of the state's electorate will get harder and harder for Republicans to ignore. And throughout the...2018-11-1424 min