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We All Must Live With Mitch McConnell’s Proudest Moment
A Supreme Court case on public-sector unions is a reminder of why it matters how Justice Neil Gorsuch landed on the court.
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What some reporters get wrong about the First Amendment
THE FIRST AMENDMENT is having a moment. It earned a C+ on a recent report card from the Newseum Institute. It’s the beating heart behind The Post, about the publication of the Pentagon Papers. And it’s the through-line that connects countless controversies around the country: Trump’s cease-and-desist letter to Michael Wolff to try to halt the […]
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What It May Take to Strike a Segregationist’s Name From a Georgia Bridge: Hundreds of Girl Scouts
After years of failed efforts to replace the name of Gov. Eugene Talmadge on a bridge in Savannah, Ga., the Girl Scouts have a plan to honor their founder.
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Martin Luther King’s Radical Anticapitalism
King’s vision for civil disobedience cannot be separated from his anticapitalism and his concern with the “evil” of poverty. By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.
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How JFK Saved MLK’s Life And So Won The Presidency
JFK helped save Martin Luther King Jr from a lynch mob, King Jr's father helped him win the Presidency. By Greg Palast.
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Confidant Shares His Untold Tale
Clarence Jones, the galvanizing lawyer who was Martin Luther King Jr.’s trusted lieutenant between 1960 and 1968, has come out from the shadows of civil-rights history. In 2006, he shared his untold tale with Douglas Brinkley: the secret missions, the F.B.I. wiretaps, and the “real” Martin of those perilous, passionate years.
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An inconvenient truth: Central Florida's role in civil-rights movement
The inconvenient truth of the matter is that the American civil-rights movement began in 1951, in Brevard County, with the assassination of Harry and Harriet Moore on Christmas Day.
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The Strike That Brought MLK to Memphis
In his final days, Martin Luther King Jr. stood by striking sanitation workers. We returned to the city to see what has changed—and what hasn’t
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Opinion | Two Ways of Looking at Gerrymandering
Stepping into the political sphere, the Supreme Court takes up two very different cases involving the redrawing of Congressional lines.
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For Native Americans, a ‘Historic Moment’ on the Path to Power at the Ballot Box
Court battles playing out over indigenous voting rights have the potential to tip tight races in states with large native populations and to influence matters of national importance.
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Erica Garner, Who Became An Activist After Her Father's Death, Dies
She became a prominent figure calling for an end to police brutality after New York City officers put her father in a fatal chokehold. She suffered brain damage following a heart attack.
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How Author Timothy Tyson Found the Woman at the Center of the Emmett Till Case
With a renewed cultural interest in the 1955 murder that catalyzed the 20th century civil rights movement, an interview with the author of a new book who tracked down the long-hidden woman at its center.
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The New Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Refuses to Sugarcoat History
Our critic visits a museum whose story is still unfolding, from 1960s Jackson, to Ferguson and Charlottesville. It leaves us upset —and that’s good.
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Weinstein’s Complicity Machine
The producer Harvey Weinstein relied on powerful relationships across industries to provide him with cover as accusations of sexual misconduct piled up for decades.
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Canada Legal Fight May ‘Destroy the Faith’ in First Nations Treaties
At stake in a case before the country’s Supreme Court: how much influence Canada’s indigenous groups will have over land and natural resources in their traditional territories.
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The South Only Embraced States' Rights as It Lost Control of the Federal Government
For decades, slaveholders like Robert E. Lee were powerfully committed to the Union. That changed when Washington stopped protecting their interests.
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Researchers warn state system to catch voter fraud has 99% false positive rate
Crosscheck system uses data that could easily have legit duplicates, researchers show. By Sean Gallagher.
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"I’m a black man who moved to the Deep South. Here’s what it’s teaching me about race."
The South represents slavery and bigotry. Living here has emboldened me like nowhere else I've been before.
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Dennis Banks, American Indian Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 80
Mr. Banks, a Chippewa, led often-violent insurrections to protest the treatment of Native Americans and to call attention to a history of injustices against them.
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The Meaning of Betsy DeVos' Rollback on Disability Rights
Ten months in, the damage that DeVos is doing to America's most vulnerable is becoming clear.
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