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The forever-present conflict of states rights vs. federal principles is on full display in Texas, as David attended a baseball game and drove across the states. Why we MUST mess with Texas in the fight to vote. 

On day 2 of his road trip across the American south, David encounters a alligator. The predator more than got his attention. There is a metaphor to be learned.

Florida as Exhibit A in voter suppression. The pain and the anger and the suppression run deep here. David podcasting live from Tampa.

The Brennan Center at NYU this morning released its updated report on voter-restrictive bills introduced in state legislatures in the first three months in 2021. It's bad, bad, bad. We must, and we are, work on all fronts in the fight to vote. 

The Biden/Harris administration nominated 11 new federal judges this morning. This episode examines the importance of federal judges in the fight to vote. Spoiler: hugely important. Second spoiler: Biden and Harris understand. 

Yesterday in Georgia the Republican legislature passed a bad voter-suppression bill. It's truly bad. But it's miles better than it started out, and our impact in making it less bad is not a small matter. Not at all.

The "For the People Act" was introduced into Senate committee yesterday, on March 24. Here's three concrete elements of the legislation that definitively would change America.

The baton has been passed in the movement for civil and voting rights. Our new leaders are Stacey Abrams and Rev. Raphael Warnock. This episode traces the legacy of the leaders, and the importance of HBCUs and Atlanta.

The racism and violence directed at Asian Americans has a horrid history in America. And it's gotten much worse since Donald Trump's election. At CP we work on voting justice as a crucial avenue toward racial justice. We have a lot of work to do, and Georgia is a state where we're making a difference. 

CP Community and Donor Relations Manager, Maria Abando, launches a new series of episodes in which she shares her thoughts -- and sometimes talks with guests -- about important dimensions of her work and her professional journey.  In this episode, she discusses mixed-race identities and how they shape us as people and society.