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How Businesses Are Getting Involved in the Voting Rights Debate

April 18, 2021

Hundreds of companies signed onto a statement this week declaring their opposition to “discriminatory legislation” that makes it harder to vote. Judd Legum is an investigative reporter and founder of the newsletter “Popular Information,” which he describes as focusing on politics and power. Soledad O’Brien talks to him about his take on the corporate involvement in the voting rights debate. 

 

 

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