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​Graph of poll closures and voter ID laws in US states
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Graphic Truth: The great poll closure

In 2013, the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in the case Shelby v. Holder, fundamentally transforming voting in the US.

Graphic Truth: Diversity in US and Canada legislatures
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Graphic Truth: Diversity in US and Canada legislatures

Can AI work for everyone? ITU’s Fred Werner on closing the global AI gap
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Can AI work for everyone? ITU’s Fred Werner on closing the global AI gap

On the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, GZERO Media’s Tony Maciulis sits down with Fred Werner of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to discuss the opportunities and risks shaping the next phase of artificial intelligence.

A sign at the flagship event of a nationwide march for voting rights on the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington in August, 2021.
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15th Amendment as relevant as ever on 154th birthday

Saturday marks 154 years since the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution – Feb. 3, 1870 – which guaranteed Black men the right to vote.

The Graphic Truth: Black representation in the US Congress
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The Graphic Truth: Black representation in the US Congress

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 7, known as the “stop woke act,” in Florida, on April 22, 2022.
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Ron DeSantis and the latest battle over Black history

As Black History Month begins today in the US, the country’s latest culture war battle is about … Black history.

Clarence Page: Why Black voting rights matter
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Clarence Page: Why Black voting rights matter

When the 1965 Voting Rights Act was passed, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Clarence Page had just finished high school. This legislation changed the lives of Black people in America because Jim Crow laws had virtually prevented Blacks from voting in the South with impossible poll questions and literacy tests, he said in an interview with Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Black immigrants in the U.S.
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The Graphic Truth: Black immigrants in the US