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As the Voting Rights Act Nears 60, Conservative Judges Are …
WEBAug 6, 2024 · As the Voting Rights Act Nears 60, Conservative Judges Are Gutting It From Every Angle Emboldened by the Supreme Court, Trump judges are trying to nullify the landmark civil rights law.
These Racist Collectibles Will Make Your Skin Crawl
WEBA ceramic figure from the 1950s Courtesy of David Pilgrim/PM Press. Pilgrim writes that historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. found this the most disturbing image in the Jim Crow Museum of Racist ...
It Didn’t Start with Trump: The Decades-Long Saga of How the …
WEBIn an analysis of Trump’s 2016 victory, political scientists John Sides, Michael Tesler, and Lynn Vavreck reached an identical conclusion: “He capitalized on an existing reservoir of ...
The Psychiatrist Who Warned Us That Donald Trump Would …
WEBOn the afternoon of February 1, 2016, as Iowa voters prepared for that evening’s caucuses, Bandy Lee sat by the bedside of her mother, who was terminally ill with cancer. An assistant professor ...
TIMELINE: Deinstitutionalization And Its Consequences
WEBApr 29, 2013 · In the aftermath of the Great Recession, states are forced to cut $4.35 billion in public mental-health spending over the next three years, the largest reduction in funding since ...
Trump may demonize migration from Venezuela, but he helped …
WEBAug 13, 2024 · One poll suggested as many as one-third of Venezuela’s population was considering migrating if Maduro, who has been president for more than a decade, held onto power for another six years. They ...
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The Iraq Invasion 20 Years Later: It Was Indeed a Big Lie that …
WEBMar 20, 2023 · Before there was Donald Trump’s Big Lie, there was George W. Bush’s Big Lie.. Twenty years ago this week, Bush and his sidekick Vice President Dick Cheney launched a war against Iraq. They ...
What to know about Donald Trump's new $60 Bible - Mother Jones
WEBMar 27, 2024 · Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One month after releasing a line of gilded high-tops for $399, Donald Trump revealed on ...