Jim Jordan, center, has been working feverishly to line up support for his speakership. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite October 18, 2023 House speaker paralysis is confusing – a political scientist explains what’s happening Charlie Hunt, Boise State University In the 1850s, a fight over the speakership took nearly two months and 133 rounds of voting. But for nearly a century, the majority party in the House has unanimously supported its leader. No longer.
#WeStandWithMizzou activists join the movement. Jackie Rehwald, Springfield News Leader November 13, 2015 Unsurprised by Missouri – scholars on the roots of racial unrest on campus Kalpana Jain, The Conversation As the debate spreads from Missouri to universities across the country, insights from The Conversation’s coverage of race on campus.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail - 1963 Jason C Tillmann August 10, 2015 Why the silence of moderate conservatives is dangerous for race relations Christopher Sebastian Parker, University of Washington and Megan Ming Francis, University of Washington One year on from Ferguson, the message of Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail could not be more relevant.