Authors & Essays

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Sean Morales-Doyle

ACTING DIRECTOR VOTING RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE

Today in America, the right to vote is under assault.

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Rudolph Wynter

PRESIDENT NATIONAL GRID NY

You don’t have to look hard to find evidence of enduring racial inequities affecting Black America. The pandemic exposed disparities in healthcare, access to technology and other conditions that affect economic mobility in disadvantaged communities.

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Senator Chuck Schumer

MAJORITY LEADER OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE D-NY

The story of democracy in America has been a long and arduous march towards universal suffrage.

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Kofi Amoo-Gottfried

CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER DOORDASH

Communities of color across the U.S.

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Nsé Ufot

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER THE NEW GEORGIA PROJECT

On January 5, 2021—after traveling thousands of miles on Georgia's highways and backroads and countless conversations with voters—I watched a son of Savannah and the former Chair of the New Georgia Project's Board of Directors, Raphael Warnock, become the first Black U.S.

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