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Trump is smartly running against DeSantis from the right on cultural issues and from the left on the economy

RALEIGH, N.C. — The state’s top senator said Tuesday that a literacy test for voters “ought to be out of our constitution” and he’s ready to remove it.

The New York congresswoman said voter intimidation at the polls "brings us back to Jim Crow."

Armed goons are reportedly harassing Arizona voters — it's a new twist in the Grand Canyon State's nasty history

ATLANTA — In 1995, Tyler Perry was a broke, struggling screenwriter who would sneak into Alliance Theatre plays during intermission, entering with the smokers.

The analysis reinforces the historical case for armed self-defense in response to racist violence.

What’s wrong with this picture? A federal appeals court in Mississippi, in recently considering whether to overturn an 1890 law that makes it almost impossible for ex-convicts to ever vote again, wrote that the law was “steeped in racism” from its very inception. Then that same court upheld the law…

Americans see the threat to democracy at last. But it's no time to celebrate: The Trumpists aren't beaten yet

“Despite Jim Crow and the challenges that Black people faced, people who worked on the railroad had an opportunity to build a better life,” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said during an event at the Pullman National Monument and State Historic Site.