Tag: voting rights
How the word ‘voodoo’ became a racial slur
Danielle N. Boaz, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
For decades, it has been common for people to throw...
Who can defend voting rights? An appeals court ruling sharply limiting...
Anthony Michael Kreis, Georgia State University
A federal appeals court in Arkansas ruled on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, that...
‘We the People’ includes all Americans – but July 4 is...
Joseph Jones, West Virginia University
The United States’ founders firmly rejected King George III and the entire idea of...
Republicans are trying to build a multiracial right – will it work?
Joseph Lowndes, University of Oregon and Daniel Martinez HoSang, Yale Divinity School
Former Republican South Carolina Governor and United...
How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s words enables more,...
Hajar Yazdiha, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the...
It takes a long time to vote
Jonathan Coopersmith, Texas A&M University
The Conversation, CC BY-ND“No citizen should have to wait more than 30 minutes to vote,” declared a 2014 federal...
Being convicted of a crime has thousands of consequences besides incarceration...
Cynthia A. Golembeski, Rutgers University Newark
At least 77 million U.S. adults have criminal records, including nearly 7 million currently in prison or jail...
Teenagers reveal what they really think of Donald Trump
Aaron Metzger, West Virginia University
Teenagers in the United States are informed about their political world and capable of effectively evaluating political leaders, including President...