The GOP is using bathrooms to target the first trans congresswoman
A long, ugly history of bathrooms-as-discrimination predates the attack on freshman member of Congress Sarah McBride.
Why Trump’s comments on Kamala Harris’ Black identity miss the mark
The “one-drop rule” and America’s long history of racial classification.
Republicans and Democrats have split over whether to support multiethnic democracy, our research shows
Trump activated what we call a ‘MAGA faction,’ motivated by animus toward marginalized groups
What the rise and fall of Jim Crow laws can teach today’s voting rights advocates
White Southern leaders established one-party rule by sharply restricting who could vote — until Black civil rights advocates pushed the federal government into action
There’s a long history behind Stacey Abrams
For two centuries, Black women have fought for voting equality in America
In Portland and beyond, city and national leaders respond very differently to protests. This explains why.
City leaders want to keep their denser geographies peaceful and productive. Rural and national leaders, not so much.