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
More and more candidates are campaigning on racially charged issues. That could backfire in office.
Winning was easy. Governing is harder.
Virginia’s new lieutenant governor is a Black Republican woman. That identity is more common than you may think.
Winsome Sears represents a persistent minority viewpoint in Black politics.
Roxy Music, ‘Virginia Plain’: The Week In One Song
An upset in the Virginia gubernatorial election.
Does funding help encourage women to run for legislative office?
Research explains when political financing works — and when it doesn’t
Virginia’s upcoming election pits rural voters against urban ones. Why is there such a divide?
The key factor is their different attitudes about race, our research finds.
Would the Founding Fathers support critical race theory?
Studying their writings — and other canonical documents in U.S. history — reveals how deeply racism is built into the nation’s structure
When Defense Secretary Austin tried to call his Chinese counterpart, here’s what really got in the way
The U.S. and China have very different military structures.