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In an off the record interview with a Iowa newspaper, President Obama says that should he win re-election, it will be largely due to Latino voters. Is the President right? Will Latino voter turnout be crucial to his re-election? Does the President deserve the Latino vote?

Activists and community members were outraged when more than 140 billboards warning of criminal consequences for voter fraud were put up in low-income neighborhoods in Ohio and Wisconsin. After much pressure, Clear Channel has agreed to take them down.

Using data from the BYP’s latest memo, Salon.com writer Sonya Ross asserts that as many as 700,000 minority voters under the age of 30 will be unable to vote in November because of recent photo ID laws. How can we ensure that our voices are heard this November?

Obama’s Youthful Voters More Likely to Skip Midterms Megan Thee-Brenan, New York Times | August 10, 2010 Will all of those young, enthusiastic Obama voters turn out in 2010? If history is any guide, probably not. Older voters are historically more likely to cast ballots in midterm elections than are voters under the age of […]

Editor’s Note: June is LGBTQ Pride Month. At Black Youth Project, we will be exploring gender, sexuality, transgender issues and queer theory, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. by Jamila Dawn Mitchell Transgender identities will no longer be considered a mental health disorder by the […]

Editor’s Note: This month at BYP, we will be exploring the US Midterms & Family/Parenting issues, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics. How has our political system been working for and against us? What dynamics are different today? How should we prepare for midterm elections vs presidential ones, and local […]

by Aaron Fountain All political candidates experience scrutiny of their public and personal lives once they announced their candidacy for the office of President of the United States. California Senator and now-presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, is no exception. Law professors, journalists, and various members on the political Left have raised crucial questions about Harris’ policy […]

On Tuesday, Amendment 4, a new Florida state law, went into effect and restored the voting rights of over 1 million with felony charges.

by Khaaliq Crowder As a Black millennial, I sometimes forget about the advantage that folks of my generation have as opposed to our grandparents and older relatives when it comes to media representation. Black people weren’t always in movies, and when we were, our presence was seldom. My grandparents, who grew in the 1930s and […]

According to Vox, Stacey Abrams formally ended her campaign to become the country’s first Black female governor in Georgia over the weekend. In a speech on Friday afternoon, Abrams acknowledged that her opponent, Brian Kemp, had a lead that was insurmountable in one of the most closely watched races of the midterm election season. “I […]

Brian Kemp, the Georgia secretary of state and the Republican candidate of governor in Georgia, has issued a call to investigate the Georgia Democratic Party ahead of the upcoming election. Two days out from a too-close-to-call contest against Stacey Abrams, Kemp alleges that someone attempted to hack voting registration files and pointed to finger at […]

Texas Democratic voters are complaining that their votes for a straight party ticket are being switched in some counties to a vote for Republican Senator Ted Cruz. Some Republican voters are also reporting that their ballot selections for Ted Cruz are switching over to Democratic nominee Beto O’Rourke. Texas election officials are saying that they […]