What impact could 34 million poor nonvoters make if they started participating in elections?
One former prisoner can vote for the first time, tens of thousands are still waiting.
The pandemic shines a spotlight on a system in need of a makeover.
In the wake of the pandemic, the state’s health care workforce is becoming politically mobilized.
Pandemic and mass protests are shaking up this bellwether county, which is home to one of the nation’s poorest ZIP codes.
High unemployment and food insecurity plague a region that swung for Trump.
Many of these struggling metropolitan areas are in states that could determine the 2020 election.
Racial unrest and economic uncertainty collide in the industrial Midwest.
“‘We need a society where anti-racism is hard-wired into every policy and practice,” says labor economist Steven Pitts.
The state’s broken benefits system could see voters turn on Republicans as hundreds of thousands struggle to file claims.
The state’s history of voter suppression underscores economic disparities that hit black Georgians hardest.
In the midst of a pandemic, Rev. William Barber’s June 20 March on Washington goes digital.
The COVID-19 crisis hits the state after a decade of rising economic inequality.
There are signs that another foreclosure crisis may be looming in this swing state.
Even as Trump attacks Medicaid, 2020 might be the year for expansion in North Carolina.
Food insecurity skyrockets in the key battleground state.
Critics charge that the poor and people of color will be left out
The dairy state draws attention for some of the nation’s highest rates of racial disparity.
The president of the Economic Policy Institute discusses the COVID-19 financial tailspin and attempts by lawmakers to mitigate the damage.
Many ex-felons are now able to vote again, thanks to a 2018 amendment to the state constitution.