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Jackson: Georgia’s voter suppression By The Rev. Jesse Jackson Published: January 1, 2021, 6:01am Share: Now that Donald Trump’s baseless lies about voter fraud have been summarily dismissed by the courts, perhaps some attention can be paid to the true threat to free and fair elections: systemic and massive voter suppression. Voter suppression, not voter fraud, could have critically important effects in Senate runoff elections in Georgia that will determine which party controls the majority in the U.S. Senate. In Georgia, voting rights groups, including the Rainbow Push Coa...

Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Georgia Republicans have perfected racist voter suppression techniques December 18, 2020 11:49 AM CDT By Jesse Jackson A voter fills out paperwork before casting her vote at the C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center in Atlanta on the first day of early voting for the senate runoff, Dec. 14, 2020. | Ben Gray / AP Now that Donald Trump’s baseless lies about voter frau...

Georgia and its long history of voter suppression By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Published December 17, 2020 Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. (Courtesy photo) Now that Donald Trump’s baseless lies about voter fraud have been summarily dismissed by the courts, perhaps some attention can be paid to the true threat to free and fair elections: systemic and massive voter suppression. Voter suppression, not voter fraud, could have critically important effects in Senate runoff elections in Georgia that will determine which party controls the majority in the U.S. Senate. In Georgia, voting rights groups, ...

The James Crow Chronicles: Part 9 (Old Crow Brand) The James Crow Chronicles: Part 9 (Old Crow Brand) Editor’s Note: This is the final  The saga of the Old Crow whiskey brand  The origins of the Crow brand started in the 1840s when James Crow marked his one-eight share of barrels by chalking C-R-O-W on each of his barrel heads. He then scratched over the chalk with an iron hook, C-R-O-W, etching ownership of his whiskey barrels, that represented his future income. In the Pepper warehouse, the whiskey was either known as Pepper’s whiskey or Crow’s whiskey; they were one and the same. ...

The James Crow Chronicles: Part 8 (Old Crow Distillery) The James Crow Chronicles: Part 8 (Old Crow Distillery) chronicling the life of James Crow, an extremely important figure in the history of American whiskey. A chemist originally from Scotland, he is credited by some as having invented the sour mash process. Watch this time slot on Thursdays (11am Pacific Time) for the other articles. Old Oscar Pepper distillery 1865 to 1869  After Oscar Pepper’s death in June 1865, his 35-year-old wife, Nannie took over the farm. Her eldest son, James was 15 years of age, her youngest (Presley) O’...