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The democratic process of voting has long excluded people based on what is known as criminal disenfranchisement laws—meaning each state has regulations that strip a person’s right to vote if they have a past felony conviction.

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Should Joe Biden accept an endorsement from Republican former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who is accused of trying to cover-up the Flint Water Crisis that disproportionately affected Black people? Twitter says yes.

Republicans practiced addition by deliberately subtracting Candace Owens from the RNC equation as the Republican National Convention ended by snubbing the reviled, anti-Black conspiracy theorist and not allowing her to speak.

"Uncle Tom" was one of the top trending topics on Twitter following the opening night of the Republican National Convention that featured several Black men making the case for Donald Trump to be re-elected.

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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms' DNC speech was a moving tribute to the civil rights icons who paved the way for the success in politics being currently realized by her and other Black elected officials across the country.

Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination to be president during the final night of the Democratic National Convention and asked voters to fully grasp the consequences of re-electing Donald Trump.

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President Barack Obama delivered a searing critique of Donald Trump's "failure" of a presidency during his Democratic National Convention keynote address that also urged voters to elect Joe Biden. Read the full speech here.

The Democratic National Convention has been steadily revealing far more Black people included with speaking roles than DNC organizers originally suggested.

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Michelle Obama delivered a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his presidency during her keynote address to close out the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Read the entire speech here.

Four years after Melania Trump plagiarized Michelle Obama, the former first lady borrowed some of Donald Trump's own words to underscore his disastrous failures during her Democratic National Convention speech.