Freedom Deferred: On Stephen Kantrowitz Freedom Deferred: On Stephen Kantrowitz
How social equality was used to discredit the egalitarian project of Reconstruction.
Jul 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Mitt Romney’s NAACP Speech: Will He Condemn Voter Suppression? Mitt Romney’s NAACP Speech: Will He Condemn Voter Suppression?
The question that Romney must answer Wednesday is simple: Which side is he on?
Jul 10, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Ari Berman: Facts Don’t Support Texas Voter ID Law Ari Berman: Facts Don’t Support Texas Voter ID Law
Texas's response to 80 percent of its population increase’s coming from new African-American and Hispanic constituents? Dilute their voting power.
Jul 10, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Texas Wants to Say Adios to the Voting Rights Act’s Authority Texas Wants to Say Adios to the Voting Rights Act’s Authority
Two hundred thousand Latinos will turn 18 between now and Election Day. But if they’re in Texas, their right to vote is under threat.
Jul 10, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch
Apologies to Mexico Apologies to Mexico
America sells pain to our southern neighbor and buys numbness in return.
Jul 10, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit
Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney: Together at Last Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney: Together at Last
There’s a new Disney exhibit at the Reagan library. But what are drawings of Bambi and Cinderella doing in the National Archives?
Jul 10, 2012 / Blog / Jon Wiener
Serena Williams and Getting ‘Emotional’ for Title IX Serena Williams and Getting ‘Emotional’ for Title IX
Serena Williams’s victory at Wimbledon, as well as the questions she had to answer, was a reminder about the importance of Title IX.
Jul 9, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
The GOP’s Attack on Voters The GOP’s Attack on Voters
The GOP admits that it believes voter ID laws will win Romney the election.
Jul 9, 2012 / Blog / Melissa Harris-Perry
To Achieve Work-Family Balance, Americans Have to Work Less To Achieve Work-Family Balance, Americans Have to Work Less
We’re completely overworked. No wonder we struggle to balance careers and children.
Jul 9, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert
How to Disenfranchise 18 Percent of Philadelphia’s Electorate How to Disenfranchise 18 Percent of Philadelphia’s Electorate
Forty-four percent of Philly’s population is African-American—and nearly 20 percent of voters there may lose the right to cast a ballot this fall.
Jul 6, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch