Places to obtain a Voter ID in majority black Alabama counties will become almost non-existant
African-American Voting Rights articles on Democracy Chronicles
This is our collection of African-American voting rights related articles. Few ongoing crisis in American elections have more importance to the integrity of the democracy than the imperative of ensuring voting rights for African-Americans. Also see Democracy Chronicles articles on African-Americans and Democracy, the Civil Rights Era, Minority Voting, and our unfortunate category: Racism.
Label Me YOUth: On Young People and the Justice System
It is commonly understood that people of all kinds break the law: female, male, white, black, old, young… Yet not all of them are caught, accused, and stigmatized bearing the label of criminal. Not all.
National Voter Registration Day Seeks Women and Minorities
Organizers behind the National Voter Registration Day target neglected groups lagging behind others
Which Side Are you On?
Nkosi Anderson moderated Thursday evening’s event at the First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem for the upcoming #RiseUpOctober ‘Which Side Are You On?’ mass march against police murder where the guest speakers were Dr. Cornel West and Carl Dix
Strategic Choreography and the Inside/Outside Strategy (IOS)
The power of coalitions flows from the age-old political logic that rulers must divide to conquer and that we must unite and coordinate our fragmented and scattered forces to win.
What is the Inside/Outside Strategy (IOS)?
The inside/outside strategy is a way to understand how the disparate currents of the labor and social movements could converge, making the whole greater than the sum of its parts.
Racial Politics Under Microscope in New HBO Miniseries
History of racial politics in America subject of six part HBO miniseries by controversial director
40-Day Racial Equality March Sets Out From Selma
Southern states to host mass racial equality march seeking to draw attention to rise in tensions
Will the Real America Please Stand Up?
I applaud South Carolina’s Governor Nikki Haley and Charleston Mayor Riley for their call to take the flag down in the State Capitol. 54 year is long enough.
Measure What Matters: Results Not Paperwork
What we measure is what we get. Measure what matters; focus on outcomes not paperwork; and reward genuine achievement not the number of pages in a report. If we can’t get the numbers right we will never understand why 45 million Americans live in poverty