The end of the Voting Rights Act?
Front Burner7 Touko

The end of the Voting Rights Act?

The Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, passed in 1964 and 1965 respectively, marked the beginning of multi-racial democracy in the United States.


But in the decades since, those achievements have been steadily contested. Just days ago, The U.S. Supreme Court dealt yet another blow to the Voting Rights Act with a decision regarding the Louisiana congressional map. Many experts say the Voting Rights Act is facing an existential moment where it stands to be narrowed, marginalized, and legislated out of relevancy, or even existence.


Ari Berman is the voting rights correspondent at Mother Jones and the author of a number of books on the history of the subject, most recently Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It.


For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

Jaksot(2053)

Trump's trade war goes global

Trump's trade war goes global

In the culmination of countless speeches, tweets and campaign promises, U.S. president Donald Trump has finally unveiled sweeping tariffs on goods imported into the country — from nearly every country...

3 Huhti 202529min

Yale fascism expert on fleeing to Canada

Yale fascism expert on fleeing to Canada

Last week one of the U.S.’s leading scholars and thinkers on fascism announced his intention to leave his country, which he said was “tilting toward authoritarian dictatorship.” Jason Stanley will be ...

2 Huhti 202530min

Is the NDP about to get wiped out?

Is the NDP about to get wiped out?

As the Liberals ride strong, support for the NDP is collapsing. Most polls now show their support at less than 10 per cent — half of what it was just three months ago. Some data suggest they could los...

1 Huhti 202527min

Election! Trump and Carney talk, Conservative 'civil war'

Election! Trump and Carney talk, Conservative 'civil war'

Just over one week into the federal election campaign and there's lots to talk about. From Mark Carney's first call with Donald Trump, after which the U.S. President pulled a dramatic change in rhetor...

31 Maalis 202527min

Elon and the Tesla backlash

Elon and the Tesla backlash

Across the world an anti-Tesla campaign has been growing since Elon Musk began his work dismantling U.S. government institutions, and meddling in other country’s democracies. The protests, dubbed “Tra...

28 Maalis 202523min

Election! Foreign meddling, Poilievre's premier problems

Election! Foreign meddling, Poilievre's premier problems

The federal election has only been officially underway since Sunday, and a few stories are dominating the headlines.Both the Liberals and the Conservatives are facing allegations of foreign interferen...

27 Maalis 202535min

‘Professors are the enemy’: Trump’s war on higher education

‘Professors are the enemy’: Trump’s war on higher education

In a 2021 speech entitled ‘The Universities are the enemy,’ Vice President JD Vance laid out a plan for America’s universities saying in part “we have to honestly and aggressively attack the universit...

26 Maalis 202534min

Pierre Poilievre’s Donald Trump problem

Pierre Poilievre’s Donald Trump problem

With the federal election underway, Pierre Poilievre’s political opponents have intensified their accusations that the Conservative leader is like U.S. President Trump.On Sunday, Liberal leader Mark C...

25 Maalis 202529min

Suosittua kategoriassa Politiikka ja uutiset

uutiscast
aikalisa
politiikan-puskaradio
viisupodi
ootsa-kuullut-tasta-2
rss-ootsa-kuullut-tasta
tervo-halme
rss-podme-livebox
rss-asiastudio
rss-pinnalla
rikosmyytit
otetaan-yhdet
the-ulkopolitist
rss-kaikki-uusiksi
aihe
linda-maria
et-sa-noin-voi-sanoo-esittaa
rss-ulkopoditiikkaa
rss-mina-ukkola
rss-girls-finish-f1rst