The author examines 'Sundown towns'—all-white communities that kept out minorities with laws, threats and violence—in the context of Trump era racism and #BlackLivesMatter.
The Sunshine State overwhelmingly approves Amendment 4, which restores voting rights for 1.4 million state residents with past felony convictions.
A new book by James Whitman, "Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law," gets to the core of race in America today.
The roots of racism run deep in America. Trump's presidency has emboldened right-wingers and white supremacists to fight to preserve their legacy.
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and a separate ruling tossing out Arizona’s “proof of citizenship” law, Arizona and Kansas have adopted separate voter registration systems for federal and state/local elections, the latter requiring proof of citizenship. Look at it as Jim Crow 2.0.
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