The GOP’s Cultivated Prejudices The GOP’s Cultivated Prejudices
Republicans’ pandering to white voters—at the exclusion of American minorities—killed their chances in the 2012 election.
Nov 12, 2012 / Blog / Chris Hayes
Why We Still Need Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Why We Still Need Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
New voting restrictions prove why the Voting Rights Act is as relevant as it ever was.
Nov 12, 2012 / Blog / Ari Berman
Aging White Guys: The Real Losers of 2012 Aging White Guys: The Real Losers of 2012
In 2012, white supremacy not only lost the election. It was a crucial factor in explaining how Obama won.
Nov 8, 2012 / Blog / William Greider
A Peculiar Revolt: On Marcus Rediker’s ‘The Amistad Rebellion’ A Peculiar Revolt: On Marcus Rediker’s ‘The Amistad Rebellion’
Public sympathies and political outcomes over the Amistad Africans drifted in opposite directions.
Nov 7, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Guyatt
Watch a Colorado GOP Poll Watcher Report a ‘High Concentration of People of Color’ Watch a Colorado GOP Poll Watcher Report a ‘High Concentration of People of Color’
A Republican poll watcher complains that too many people of color were voting in Aurora, Colorado, on Election Day.
Nov 7, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch
Momentum Builds in the Fight Against Stop-and-Frisk Momentum Builds in the Fight Against Stop-and-Frisk
Nearly every single community member speaking at recent hearing on stop-and-frisk opposed the NYPD’s controversial policy.
Oct 31, 2012 / Christie Thompson
In Virginia, 350 Thousand Would-Be Voters Wait for Democracy’s Slow Return In Virginia, 350 Thousand Would-Be Voters Wait for Democracy’s Slow Return
Republican Governor Bob McDonnell is restoring the voting rights of more formerly incarcerated residents than any previous administration. And it’s still a drop in the bucket...
Oct 25, 2012 / Brentin Mock
Give the Undocumented a Voice in the Election Give the Undocumented a Voice in the Election
STUDENT FINALIST: The harrowing irony of our current immigration system is that those who will be most affected by immigration policies can’t participate in the election process.
Oct 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Gabriel Matthew Schivone
Stop Killing Our Youth: Protest Against Police Brutality Stop Killing Our Youth: Protest Against Police Brutality
On October 22, people across the country gathered for the seventeenth National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation.
Oct 23, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds
Did Mitt Romney Just Endorse Affirmative Action? Did Mitt Romney Just Endorse Affirmative Action?
Romney’s now-infamous “binders full of women” show how little the Republican candidate knows about overcoming structural inequality.
Oct 19, 2012 / Blog / Patricia J. Williams