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Young People Made Themselves Heard In Iowa: ‘Our Generation Knows What’s At Stake’

Young People Made Themselves Heard In Iowa: ‘Our Generation Knows What’s At Stake’

If the Iowa caucuses were supposed to provide clarity for the path ahead to the 2020 general election, that is not our current reality. By the time everyone left high school gyms and other caucus locations across the state late on Monday (February 3), the vote still hadn’t been called. That void quickly gave way to conspiracy theories, concern, and plenty of questions about who won, how a hastily-deployed app was at the center of this confusion, and what the path forward to the November general election could look like now. One thing we do know, however, builds on what we already saw in 2018: Young people showed up, and they will continue to be heard this election.

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Protecting Black Voters’ Access To The Polls Is The Right Thing To Do

Protecting Black Voters’ Access To The Polls Is The Right Thing To Do

The Black vote is magical. Just ask United States Senator Doug Jones (D-AL), who won his race in 2017 thanks in large part to support from Black voters across Alabama. Candidates spend a lot of time trying to woo Black voters on all sorts of ideological fronts; conversely, many lawmakers push forth restrictive voting policies that tend to impact Black would-be voters first. It’s been 56 years since the Civil Rights Act and we’re still having this conversation in 2020. Happy Black History Month!

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