On this day in 1890
Nov. 1, 1890 Credit: Wikipedia Mississippi adopted a new state constitution aimed at barring Black voters and restoring white supremacy. The disenfranchisement clause struck all voters from the rolls and…
Alabama AI Task Force nearing completion of policy recommendations for state government
Daniel Urquhart, chair of Alabama’s AI task force announces on Oct. 31, 2024 in Montgomery that a draft of recommendations for state government use of AI is ready for review.…
Trump is trying to take the country back to pre-Jim Crow times, reproductive rights leader says
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Saginaw Valley State University campus in Michigan on Oct. 3, 2024 ahead of the presidential election | Photo: Anna Liz Nichols…
Candidates make final pitch to voters as Election Day nears
Rep. Andy Kim speaks at a rally with members of Make the Road Action in Perth Amboy on Oct. 25, 2024. (Sophie Nieto-Munoz | New Jersey Monitor) Blocks away from…
Americans, anxious about AI’s role in the election, may not know its full scope, expert says
Behind the obvious uses of AI in the election, for good and ill, there are “unseen” jobs it is performing, a University of Maryland researcher says. (Photo illustration by Joe…
Melissa Whitaker: Rising above the floodwaters to advocate
This commentary is by Melissa Whittaker of Plainfield, a member of Extreme Weather Survivors. Gut-wrenching photos of Asheville’s damaged storefronts and streets have resurfaced my own painful memories of the…
Woodstock approves water company acquisition
The town of Woodstock in fall. Photo via Adobe Stock This story by Clare Shanahan was first published in The Valley News on Oct. 30. WOODSTOCK — Voters authorized the…
Homeless people already struggle to vote. This law could make it harder.
People wait in line to cast their ballots on the first day of early voting at East Point First Mallalieu United Methodist Church on Oct. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. Georgia…
Amendment 4 debate shrouded by half-truths and misdirection
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022 ended federal abortion rights. (Photo by Sofia Resnick/States Newsroom) “We should live not by lies;…
Americans, anxious about AI’s role in the election, may not know its full scope, expert says
Behind the obvious uses of AI in the election, for good and ill, there are “unseen” jobs it is performing, a University of Maryland researcher says. Photo illustration by Joe…