The Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery. Here’s what did. Clarence Lusane - June 24, 2021 Two states — Delaware and Kentucky — still allowed slavery until the 13th Amendment was ratified, six months after Juneteenth.
Mitch McConnell once knew all about the filibuster’s racist history. What changed? Saladin Ambar - March 29, 2021 We know from his own writings that McConnell is aware of the filibuster’s ‘racial history’
Mitch McConnell is wrong. Here’s the filibuster’s ‘racial history.’ Sarah Binder - March 24, 2021 From defending slavery to protecting segregation, the filibuster has been heavily used to block civil rights
Biden reversed Trump ban on transgender people serving in military. Expect backlash in states. Zein Murib - February 2, 2021 More than 20 bills restricting transgender freedoms have already been introduced.
A violent mob overran Congress. 3 takeaways for the weeks ahead. Sarah Binder / Managing Editor - January 11, 2021 Did American electoral institutions survive the stress test?
Research shows just how much more power White voters wield in local politics Jesse H. Rhodes, Brian Schaffner, and Raymond J. La Raja - September 2, 2020 That’s true even when Blacks and Latinos are in the majority.
For Democratic governors, it pays to have a Democratic attorney general. Republicans, not so much. Nicholas Miras - August 2, 2020 Many states split up executive branch power among several elected officials. Here’s what happens when they are not from the same party.
The next Congress will probably be the most diverse ever Bernard Fraga - June 21, 2020 That’s what my research into the primary races suggests.
What helps non-black people support Black Lives Matter? A signal from someone in their own ethnic group. Maneesh Arora, Kelsy Kretschmer, and Christopher Stout - June 17, 2020 Our surveys uncover how this messaging works
The coronavirus may be boosting Republican support for family and medical leave Steven Kull - May 13, 2020 In just a few weeks, older Republicans in particular shifted their opinions.