Since 2020, Alabama lawmakers have failed to draw political districts that give Black voters an equal chance of selecting political candidates that represent their interests.
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Since 2020, Alabama lawmakers have failed to draw political districts that give Black voters an equal chance of selecting political candidates that represent their interests.
As many as 80% of young people want abortion to be legal, and most disagree with the Supreme Court’s recent Dobbs v. Jackson ruling. This could lead to high youth voting rates in the 2022 midterms.
Alabama will be allowed to keep a congressional map that critics say disadvantages Black voters. That does not bode well for 2022 midterms, argues a law scholar.
A sense – or fear – of victimhood pervades contemporary white supremacy from the extreme to the mainstream.
Ever heard of Shirley Chisholm? What about Charlene Mitchell and Lenora Fulani? They are among the many African American women who’ve run for president despite enormous political barriers.
Despite the attention paid by the press when two Black hip-hop artists signaled their support for Donald Trump, they do not represent swelling enthusiasm for Trump from young, Black men.
The 2020 presidential election will be the first in nearly 40 years conducted without protections from a court order that forbid the GOP from using voter intimidation at the polls.
The Voting Rights Act was intended to prevent voter suppression in states with histories of discrimination. But states are finding other ways to make it difficult for people of colour to vote.
By picking Kamala Harris, a Black running mate, Biden may have brought younger Black Americans, who now comprise a critical set of swing voters, over to his side.
The modern poll tax isn’t paid in money, but in time – how long it takes a person to get to a polling place, and, once there, how long it takes for them to actually cast their ballot.
South Carolina’s black community has a long history of fighting for democratic rights.
Georgia’s secretary of state has stalled voter registrations and accused Democrats of hacking. His tactics recall past efforts in the South to suppress black votes, from poll taxes to literacy tests
Caribbean immigrants in Miami are upending old assumptions about black voters in Florida. Neither party should take them for granted in this November’s midterm election.
Abrams just made history by securing the nomination for governor of Georgia. Can she win in November?
Almost 100 percent of black Alabamians voted for Doug Jones. The Democratic senator-elect can thank this key base by addressing his home state’s problems with rural poverty, education and health care.
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Sharon D. Wright Austin is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
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Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Fellow, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University
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Deputy Director at CIRCLE, Tufts University
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Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Derek H. Alderman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Lecturer, Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University
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Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University School of Public Affairs
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Associate Professor of History; Director Center for Civil Rights History and Research, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of History and American Studies, Rutgers University - Newark
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