The Modern GOP Thrives on Lee Atwater’s Strategy of Coded Racism The Modern GOP Thrives on Lee Atwater’s Strategy of Coded Racism
In the recent election cycle, the GOP played to racial anxieties the same way Lee Atwater did two decades ago.
Nov 16, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
The Real Loser of 2012: White Supremacy The Real Loser of 2012: White Supremacy
In 2012, white supremacy not only lost the election. It was a crucial factor in explaining how Obama won.
Nov 15, 2012 / Editorial / William Greider
The Noble and the Base: Poland and the Holocaust The Noble and the Base: Poland and the Holocaust
Can the two central images of Poland during World War II—a country of heroes and a country of collaborators—ever be combined?
Nov 14, 2012 / Books & the Arts / John Connelly
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