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Abcarian: Why are Republicans making it harder for some people to vote? It's not just partisanship
Los Angeles Times· 4 days agoOf all the modern Supreme Court’s incredibly disappointing rulings, gutting the Voting Rights Act of...
Supreme Court Allows South Carolina’s GOP-Drawn Congressional Map, Rejecting Racial Discrimination...
The Wall Street Journal· 7 days agoBut the court has left open at least some pathways to challenge racial gerrymanders under the Voting...
Today's Supreme Court is Anti-Voter | Washington Monthly
Washington Monthly· 2 days agoThe Supreme Court has done it again. It has placed its thumb firmly on the scale in favor of...
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s up-close view of JFK and LBJ
The Day· 4 days ago...to produce “an unnerving force field of persuasive power,” famously known as “the treatment,” Johnson relentlessly hammered members of Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, immigration reform, Medicare, Medicaid and the first federally funded aid program...
Supreme Court approves South Carolina congressional map previously found to dilute Black voting...
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe Supreme Court upheld a pro-Republican South Carolina congressional map Thursday, rejecting the...
Commentary: Supreme Court doesn’t agree on what racism is
Fairfield-Suisun Daily Republic· 2 days agoThis simple-sounding rule poses a serious practical problem, however, in places where there is a...
Opinion | The Tories Will Lose the Election. But What Will Labour Win?
New York Times· 17 hours agoA snap election is a rush to judgment on the state of a nation, and in Britain, the vote coming in...
Democrats and Republicans keep colliding over contraception
The Raw Story· 3 days agoOn the federal level, there is also a partisan divide, but Republicans...protect it. Democratic...
Supreme Court approves use of S.C. congressional map that affects 30,000 Black voters
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a pro-Republican redrawof a South Carolina congressional...
Why Is This Happening? Resisting the right-wing attack on democracy with Ari Berman
MSNBC· 6 days agoThis week, we’re sharing a recording of an event hosted at the Center for Brooklyn History where...