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Democrat Hallie Shoffner, running for Senate in Arkansas against incumbent Republican Tom Cotton, argued that requiring "proof of citizenship" to vote "disenfranchises 22 million Americans." She said ...

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Jones—the New York Times magazine staff writer, MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant winner, 1619 Project Pulitzer Prize ...