US Politics in Trump era Public date: 02.10.2020 20:59:01

18 Aug 2018

Officials Defend Plan To Close Almost All Polling Places In Majority Black Georgia County

Election officials in a rural southwest Georgia county are defending a plan to suddenly close seven of the county’s nine polling places against allegations of racial discrimination, saying the ones it wants to close are not sufficiently accessible to people with disabilities Randolph County, the site of the proposed changes, is more than 60 percent black, with a little over 30 percent of residents in poverty ― more than double the national level.
Election officials in a rural southwest Georgia county are defending a plan to suddenly close seven of the county’s...

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26 Jul 2017

‘I won’t stop’: Jailed activist blasts US crackdown on anti-Trump protesters

Yvette Felarca, who faces riot charges after participating in an anti-fascist demonstration, joins lawyers in warning over prosecutions nationwide. Felarca is one of hundreds of anti-Trump activists across the US facing prosecution for protesting against the White House and white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups that have increasingly organized in public. The criminal cases – including many in which protesters could face decades in prison – has drawn accusations that the government is trampling on the first amendment and broadly targeting critics in an aggressive effort to silence them.
Yvette Felarca, who faces riot charges after participating in an anti-fascist demonstration, joins lawyers in warning...

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