A new history of the civil rights movement gets a lot right but falls short in trying to reframe the story.
Voting Rights
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Q&A: Justice on the Brink
Linda Greenhouse, the doyenne of Supreme Court journalism, considers the crisis of confidence that has marred the Court’s legitimacy.
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Can Young Georgians Give Democrats Their 51st Senator?
Georgia youths are surging to the polls and could play a decisive role in the December 6 runoff election.
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Still Democracy’s Death Watch
Saving democracy does not resonate when the forces of reaction are gearing up for the next offensive.
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Did We Just Save Democracy?
The 2022 midterms were stunning as much for what didn’t happen as for what did.
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Voting Rights in Florida? You Jest.
Today on TAP: DeSantis tries to bar the feds from enforcing voting rights, in the spirit of John C. Calhoun and our last two chief justices.
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New Immigrants Wrestle With the Mechanics of Voting
Twenty years after Congress passed the Help America Vote Act, Philadelphia and Berks County elections officials still have challenges providing election supports.
Posted inLaw and Justice
More Rights in Danger as Supreme Court Term Begins
Threats to voting rights, affirmative action, the environment, and student debt relief take center stage.
Posted inPolitics
Undermining the Will of Georgia Voters
The vicious circle of voter suppression under way in Gwinnett County sets the table for election subversion in November.
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President Biden Is Right About MAGA Republicans
A Trump-appointed judge is attempting to protect the former president from a criminal investigation.
