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Daily News Lesson January 17 2022

MLK Jr. would be ‘greatly disappointed’ by Senate inaction on voting reform, son says

Learn about Congressional plans for protecting voting rights and how they align with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s vision

Activists hold up flowers and signs stating "COUNT EVERY VOTE" across the street from where votes are still being counted, two days after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Philadelphia

Daily News Lesson December 19 2021

Exhaustive fact check finds little evidence of voter fraud, but 2020’s ‘Big Lie’ lives on

Find out why investigations haven't turned up any of the voter fraud alleged by some Republican activists

FILE PHOTO: 2020 U.S. presidential election in Pennsylvania

Daily News Lesson October 08 2021

How false claims of election fraud are eroding American democracy

Hear from one law professor about the risk to our electoral system and how to ensure election security going forward

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Lesson Plan November 11 2020

Voter suppression then and now

Explore voter suppression in the United States from Reconstruction to today

FILE PHOTO: Voters line up to cast their ballots in Atlanta

Daily Video September 28 2020

Why the presidential election might not end on November 3

Why this year has the chance to be a longer, more chaotic (but not unprecedented) voting process than usual

Stimulus Bill Negotiations Stall on Postal Service Funding

Daily Video August 14 2020

Explainer: How election officials and the postal service handle ballots

Learn how the USPS and state election officials work together to manage mail-in ballots.

Organizers and clergy hold a Poor People's Campaign rally at the U.S. Capitol

Daily Video May 18 2020

How felony convictions affect voting rights

In this PBS NewsHour EXTRA lesson plan, learn how people in Florida with felony records are fighting to regain their voting rights and Reverend William Barber's plan to fight voter suppression.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington

Daily Video February 06 2019

2019 State of the Union address recap for students

Use this NewsHour lesson to discuss President Trump's 2019 State of the Union address.

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