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Too Hungry to Take Part in Democracy

May 17, 2023

By Topacio Marrero

Food insecurity forces many Americans to focus on basic survival, making it harder to play an active role in a democratic system. But community groups can organize to end this cycle.

How Violence Against Women in New Mexico is Trying to Intimidate Them from Political Service

March 28, 2023

By Emily Withnall

Even in a state with strong representation from women, violent threats, sexual harassment, and unpaid positions can deter them from fully participating in civic life.

Activists, a Scholar and a Filmmaker Reflect on Safety and Policing in Memphis

March 27, 2023

By Brittany Brown

This panel recap provides an opportunity for the community to engage in people-centered conversations about solidarity and building a democracy rooted in community care and holistic solutions.

An Ode To Beverly

March 6, 2023

By Eileen Sepulveda

Our constitution talks a lot about freedom, but there’s a long way to go to achieve that American Dream. Eileen’s poem demands a democracy without homelessness, mass incarceration, and hopelessness.

Introducing “People Power: Democracy Stories from the Ground Up”

February 15, 2023

By Domenica Ghanem

As storytellers, we play an important role in either aiding in the building up or crashing down of a true multi-racial democracy. So over the next few months at ChangeWire, we’re launching a series People Power: Democracy Stories from the Ground Up.

After a Busy Election, Organizers Have Year-Round Work to Do in Georgia

January 23, 2023

By Amani Southerland

A look ahead of Georgia politics for 2023.

The Youth Wave — Not a Red One — Dominated the 2022 Midterm Elections

December 10, 2022

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

The next generation is going to make a difference. This gives me hope for the future and my state of New Mexico.

National Voter Registration Day Celebrates Ten Years

September 19, 2022

By Amani Southerland

The outstanding gap in registration and ongoing threats of disenfranchisement from extremist Republicans continue to make the holiday necessary.

What Black Voters in the Midwest Want

September 16, 2022

By Domenica Ghanem

CCA’s Dorian Warren talks with OOC’s Prentiss Haney about the All In for Ohio Agenda, mobilizing Black voters ahead of the Midterms.

‘They Want to Check A Box, Not Hear Us Out’

March 7, 2022

By Amani Southerland

Senate Bill 6 EX is an attempt to gerrymander the Georgia Board of Commissioners that state Democrats won in 2020.

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