The ACLU of Georgia on Sept. 1 released a report by the Palast Investigative Fund titled Georgia Voter Roll Purge Errors that concluded the State had likely removed in 2019 the voter registrations of nearly 200,000 Georgia citizens on the grounds that they had moved from the address on their voter registration application. However, none of these citizens hadContinue reading "This Week in White Supremacy #141: Shocking Study of Georgia State Republicans’ Years-Long Voter Disenfranchisement Scheme"
EJS and Proposition 16—The Repeal of Prop. 209
EJS has been fighting for what would become Proposition 16 for almost two decades. In 2005, we helped lead one of the first efforts to consider repealing Proposition 209 through a statewide coalition of civil rights advocates, community organizations, research centers, academics, scholars and students assessing the impact of Proposition 209 on individuals, society, andContinue reading "EJS and Proposition 16—The Repeal of Prop. 209"
September 17 is our EJS 20th Anniversary Virtual Gala – Reflecting on 2019: Remembering 1619
This week we remember 2016, the final year of President Barack Obama, and the presidential election that saw the horrific rise of hate speech and vitriolic politics.