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July 24, 2023
Matt Ford
How Alabama Defied the Supreme Court on Racial Gerrymandering
It’s a reminder that conservatives’ respect for the judiciary only extends as far as the courts let them entrench their own power.
March 17, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
The Right’s Fight Against LGBTQ Rights Is More Than a Culture War
The power to control people’s lives through institutionalized bias, stigma, and violence is key to the Republican project. That’s why they hate the Equality Act.
January 20, 2021
Rick Perlstein
This Is Us: Why the Trump Era Ended in Violence
The Capitol insurrection was born of a violent minoritarian tradition that is as American as apple pie—and it isn’t done yet.
January 13, 2020
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Melissa Gira Grant
Culture War in the Workplace
Inside the court battle over trans employment discrimination
October 31, 2019
Heather Souvaine Horn
Facing Up to the Past, German-Style
What can the United States learn from Germany’s efforts to reckon with the Holocaust?
July 27, 2015
Brian Beutler
Would Republicans Support the Americans with Disabilities Act Today?
August 25, 2013
Alexander M. Bickel
Civil Rights Act of 1963
July 6, 1963
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