A half-century after Freedom Summer, African Americans continue to face severe barriers not just to voting, but also to economic security.
Race & Ethnicity
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Shifting Tactics, Moral Monday Movement Launches a New Freedom Summer
Fifty years after the murders of Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman, North Carolina activists move from civil disobedience to big voter mobilization push.
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Listen to Harold Meyerson Analyze the Supreme Court’s Big Anti-Union Decision on ‘To the Point’
Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect‘s editor at large, appeared on the June 30th edition of Public Radio International’s To the Point, analyzing the Supreme Court decision in Harris v. Quinn, which allows home health-care workers in Illinois to opt out of paying their union dues. Listen here. Read Meyerson’s essay on the Harris case here: […]
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Supreme Court Rules Disadvantaged Workers Should Be Disadvantaged Some More
The decision in Harris v. Quinn—written by the Court’s leading union-hater, Justice Samuel Alito—appears designed to cripple unions by creating incentives for “free riders.”
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Race or Class? The Future of Affirmative Action on the College Campus
Focusing college-student recruitment on poor neighborhoods can overlook middle-class African Americans entitled to affirmative action.
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Dear Thom Tillis: How Long Does It Take For a Black Person to Become a Traditional North Carolinian?
An open letter to the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who is currently running for U.S. Senate, is prompted by his comments about the Republican Party’s demographics.
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Photo Essay: Moral Mondays’ Potent Symbols and Creative Actions
So far in the 2014 North Carolina legislative session, lawmakers have witnessed weekly actions: a silent protest, a sit-in in the Speaker’s office, and prayerful bread-breaking by the activists of the Moral Monday movement, chronicled here in a photo
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Four Fundamental Econ Facts Missed By Economist Cantor-Slayer David Brat
Leaving aside his characterization of sub-Saharan Africans as less than productive, the economics professor who bumped the House Majority Leader from his post proves himself economically illiterate.
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Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Rethinking ‘Zero Tolerance’
A new approach to discipline seeks to keep kids in school and, ultimately, out of prison. In one high school, the number of serious incidents of misbehavior plummeted 60 percent, after the start of a “restorative justice” program.
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The Three Curses Faced By Democrats — And How to Lift Them
In creating a better political future, it is better to be cursed with youth than blessed with age.
