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Somerset Perry Elections should be won on policy

Somerset Perry, Berkeley Law student | 3/4/13 | One comment

On Wednesday (Feb. 27, 2013) the Supreme Court heard arguments in Shelby County v. Holder, a lawsuit brought by an Alabama county challenging the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

The Voting Rights Act was originally passed in 1965 to protect minorities against the heinous discriminatory electoral practices that … More >

john powell The new Southern strategy

john powell, director, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society | 1/30/13 | 3 comments

When President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he told an aide that Democrats had “lost the South for a generation,” anticipating a white backlash in the South. Since the end of Reconstruction, the South had been dominated by the Democratic Party. The national party’s efforts to promote … More >

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