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SPECIAL NNPA REPORT: Election Process in Malawi Exhibited Best of African Democracy

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentMay 30, 2019

With lines in some places that stretched as far as the eye could see – and after many voters walked several miles to participate – the process had some noting that the Western world, including the United States, could learn a lesson from Malawians in Democracy.

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Voter Suppression a Lasting Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentMarch 21, 2019

“Presidential elections and the voter experience have long been fraught for black people. From racist poll taxes to made-up literacy tests to the egregious rollback of voting rights over the past 50 years, American democracy has, at times, felt like a weird and failed social experiment.” —Patrisse Cullors