Brown v. Board of Education Archives

Nannie Helen Burroughs: A tower of strength in the labor world

Nadia E. Brown and Danielle Phillips-Cunningham - March 6, 2025

A new book by Danielle Phillips-Cunningham offers insights and inspiration on the power of labor organizing.

The misleading narrative behind the attack on public schools

Zein Murib - September 20, 2023

A bit of history reveals the long-term forces at work.

Republican senators used racially coded language to question Ketanji Brown Jackson. There’s history to that.

Sharon Wright Austin - March 28, 2022

Compare that to the language senators used to grill Constance Baker Motley in 1966, slowing down her confirmation as the first Black female federal judge.

White parents in D.C. talk a lot about racial justice. So why do they focus on majority-White schools?

Vanessa Williamson and Jackson Gode - March 30, 2021

Without mentioning race, they emphasize predominantly White schools and ignore high-performing, majority-Black schools, our analysis found

If the Senate confirms Barrett, Americans could lose faith in the Supreme Court

Michael F. Salamone - October 12, 2020

Research shows that 6-to-3 is seen differently from 5-to-4

Democrats are discussing changing the Supreme Court. What do Americans think?

Eileen Braman - October 5, 2020

Here’s how they think about it.

What Nikki Haley gets wrong about the Confederate flag

Thomas Ogorzalek, Spencer Piston, and Logan Strother - December 7, 2019

It was the fight against civil rights that brought the flag back.

Justice Roberts said political science is ‘sociological gobbledygook.’ Here’s why he said it, and why he’s mistaken.

Philip Rocco - October 4, 2017

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Welcome to the latest installment of the American debate over what ‘all men are created equal’ means

Andrew Rudalevige - September 28, 2017

Welcome back to The Monkey Cage’s weekly presentation of Founding Principles,

The beliefs of economist James Buchanan conflict with basic democratic norms. Here’s why.

Michael Chwe - July 25, 2017

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