We have to continue to raise awareness as the Voting Rights Caucus... make sure people call into their state legislators. Let us know that they've decided they weren't going to vote because they heard it was a hassle.
— Marc Veasey
When I was in the state legislature, we asked for different examples of voter fraud, and the Republicans could never produce any sort of in-person voter fraud examples.
My family and I moved at least six times before I graduated high school. I was fortunate to have a large family network that combined their resources to help me accomplish my goals - but not everyone may be as lucky.
Children do best when their parents live together in stable relationships, when two incomes can be a catalyst for opportunity.
Imagine how many people would not vote if they knew they were being recorded while they voted.
I have anxiety every day about being pulled over.
My mother graduated from high school in 1969, and on January 3, 1971, she gave birth to me. She was married later that year, but by the time I was 10, she was a divorced single mother of two young boys. To make ends meet, we moved in with my grandparents, who were also housing two of my mother's siblings and their kids.
I was on the elections committee in my last session in the state House of Representatives.
As policy makers, Congress has the power to promote public policies that economically empower single parents and drastically reduce childhood poverty.
Everyone is concerned about manufacturing in this country.
