Congress finally passed a federal anti-lynching bill — after 120 years of failure
For decades, a small, intensely committed Senate minority was able to use Senate rules to block change and maintain the Jim Crow system in the South
Why aren’t there more Republican women in Congress?
Congress has far more Democratic than Republican women. That’s not likely to change.
Voter suppression started way before Jim Crow. It’s a longstanding American tradition.
For two and a half centuries, people have justified Black disenfranchisement in the name of ‘unity’
The Republican Party is white and Southern. How did that happen?
Its leaders made a decision to push out blacks. That helped it to dominate Southern politics.
The E.U. is supposed to promote democracy. So why do anti-democratic politicians thrive within it?
Party alliances, subsidies and easy emigration all help soft authoritarians stay in power
How Southern politicians defended white supremacy — and made the South poorer
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