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Voting rights activists gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, early Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as the justices prepared to hear a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement.

Law and Justice

How the Roberts Court Could Neuter the Voting Rights Act

by Joshua A. Douglas October 17, 2025October 16, 2025

Jimmy Carter’s Segregation Journey

by Chris Matthews January 9, 2025January 8, 2025

Books

The Bleak, All But-Forgotten World of Segregated Virginia

by Garrett Epps November 8, 2023November 7, 2023

Andrew Young

Featured, Political Animal, Politics

The Civil Rights Leader Who Thinks America Is “In Many Ways Worse Off Than It Was Then”

by Jonathan Alter August 10, 2021January 9, 2022

Bob Moses

Featured, Political Animal, Politics

The Greatness and Humility of Bob Moses

by Kaila Philo July 27, 2021January 9, 2022

John Roberts portrait

April/May/June 2019, Books, Magazine

John Roberts: Boy In The Bubble

by Stephanie Mencimer April 7, 2019January 9, 2022

stacey abrams

Political Animal

Stacey Abrams Could Force Court Action on Voter Suppression (Updated)

by Nancy LeTourneau November 16, 2018January 9, 2022

Donald Trump

Political Animal

Is it Controversial to be Pro-Children?

by Nancy LeTourneau July 31, 2018January 9, 2022

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Political Animal

Social Justice Doesn’t Have to Synchronize with Politics

by Martin Longman December 19, 2017January 9, 2022

Education, Higher Education, K-12

Never Mind Trump’s Visit — Mississippi’s New Civil Rights Museum is a Real Game Changer for Education

by Liz Willen December 12, 2017January 9, 2022

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