The conservative plot to suppress the Black vote has relied on racist caricatures, then and now.

A House subcommittee held a virtual hearing on the John Lewis Voting Rights Act on Monday, despite the looming prospect of death-by-filibuster.

The last decade’s cycle of uprisings and protests has demonstrated more than a confrontation with white supremacy; it has been the most explosive articulation of a crisis in Black politics.

The next big American conversation about race should take place in a union hall.

During his eulogy for John Lewis, Barack Obama seemed keen to bury the Senate's procedural relic once and for all.

There has been a profound disconnect between the hagiography surrounding his death and the response to the radicalism he helped inspire.

Thanks to a 2013 ruling, Southern states are free to pass restrictive laws without government scrutiny.

Criticizing the president with the kind of radical rhetoric he uses is toxic for American democracy.

The president's attacks on prominent blacks articulate an age-old vision of who does and doesn't belong in America.

What we can do, from Congress to the streets

In Thursday's wee hours, the House slashed public-health programs, lined fat cats' wallets, and even greenlit the Confederate flag.

The candidate's so-called firewall has collapsed in the past—and Bernie Sanders is in a position to take advantage.