We’ve got people, but the people are self-isolating.
Brittany Gibson
Brittany Gibson is a former writing fellow at The American Prospect. She now works at Politico.
Coronavirus Doesn’t Care It’s Election Year
Most states aren’t prepared to switch to a vote-by-mail system as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads.
Six Years After Ferguson, Barriers to Voting Persist
Today’s Missouri primary may not see high voter participation in St. Louis’s African American community.
How Alabama Tries to Suppress the Vote
On primary day, it’s disproportionately black and rural voters who have to surmount hurdles.
Still Marching to Secure the Right to Vote
Fifty-five years after the beatings in Selma shocked the nation, Southern blacks are still dealing with voter suppression.
All the Ways Your Vote May Not Be Counted in South Carolina
As voters go to the polls in today’s primary, they will encounter a host of obstacles the state has erected to diminish participation.
South Carolina Closing Poll Stations Without Notice
The biggest county in the state, Greenville, will close 52 precincts.
From ‘We, the People’ to the Power of People Magazine
This year’s presidential campaigns demonstrate the steadily increasing integration of political figures into pop culture, and vice versa.
Nevada’s Confusing, Ever-Shifting Vote-Counting Process
The use of a ‘tool’ rather than an app has not calmed fears of another bungled caucus night.
‘The Squad’ Defines Its Place in the Movement
In a talk at Howard University, the four dynamic leaders discuss de-centering the role of leaders.

