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Voting Rights: Who Needs ’Em?new

After the Florida debacle, you'd think the talk would be about protecting voters’ rights. You'd be wrong.
Creative Loafing (Tampa)  |  Mitch Perry  |  11-20-2012  |  Elections

96-Year-Old Woman Who Voted During Jim Crow Is Denied Photo IDnew

At age 96, Dorothy Cooper is the new poster child for what's wrong with Tennessee's photo ID voter law.
Nashville Scene  |  Jeff Woods  |  10-05-2011  |  Politics

The War Over the Meaning of the Civil War is Less Civil Than Evernew

There is a difference between being politically incorrect and being racist. But there is no difference between whitewashing Southern history and refusing to tell the region's entire history, which requires deviating from the politically correct parameters of black and white.
Charleston City Paper  |  Jack Hunter  |  04-07-2011  |  Commentary

Opposition Mounts Against N.C. Voter ID Billnew

A proposed voter ID measure that is currently being crafted by North Carolina Republicans is generating a backlash from a number of groups, including the NC Democratic Party, the AARP and students from the state’s historically black colleges and universities.
YES! Weekly  |  Keith T. Barber  |  02-23-2011  |  Politics

Professor Helps Mainstream a New White Supremacist Political Partynew

At that summer IHR meeting, professor Kevin MacDonald began shedding his regular-guy façade. And with his introductions to Freedom 14 and other local neo-Nazis at that conference, he began the first steps toward emerging as a full-fledged bigot.
OC Weekly  |  Gustavo Arellano  |  01-26-2010  |  Politics

Sarah Palin: Just a 'Country' Girlnew

Palin's brand is an enduring one, reliable for selling everything from oil-guzzling pickup trucks to oatmeal cookies: rural, small-town America. But it is the unspoken backstory, at least as Palin and the GOP subtly tell it, that gives the brand its power. "Country" reads red, white and blue -- with the emphasis on white.
Seven Days  |  Judith Levine  |  09-12-2008  |  Commentary

Jesse Helms, the Gracious Bigotnew

Helms, the Prince of Darkness, has left the building.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  John Grooms  |  07-16-2008  |  Commentary

What Will Post-Hillary Feminism Look Like?new

Here's my proposal: Feminists become for the Democrats and progressive politics what evangelical Christians have been for the Republicans and conservatism -- its demanding, uncompromising base.
Seven Days  |  Judith Levine  |  06-20-2008  |  Commentary

John McCain, Affable Racist

It's always the same pattern. John McCain makes a racist remark. Then he apologizes. Then he does it again. When will this tired act go into retirement?
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  04-08-2008  |  Commentary

The Jena 6: MLK's Dream, Downscaled

African-Americans still suffer from systemic racism, so why are they rushing to the defense of six high school bullies instead of fighting for what matters?
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  09-26-2007  |  Commentary

Funeral for the Second Vermont Republic?new

Vermont's secessionist movement is imploding over its connections to white supremecists.
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  03-07-2007  |  Politics

Extreme Makeover: Hotshot City Planner Does St. Louisnew

Rollin Stanley is learning that the hurdles he faces in St. Louis are far taller than those he encountered during his 21 years as a well-respected planner in Toronto. There, innovation was the rule. St. Louis is more cautious.
Riverfront Times  |  Randall Roberts  |  10-19-2004  |  Politics

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