A majority of Americans say they favor affirmative action programs. However, support is a bit higher for programs aimed at helping women (67%) than for those focused on helping racial minorities (58%). CONT. Rebecca Riffkin, Gallup Read more »
Book Revew: ‘Give Us the Ballot,’ by Ari Berman
… “The revolution of 1965 spawned an equally committed group of counterrevolutionaries,” Berman writes in “Give Us the Ballot.” “Since the V.R.A.’s passage, they have waged a decades-long campaign to restrict voting rights.” Berman argues that these counterrevolutionaries have “in recent years, controlled a majority on the Supreme Court” and […] Read more »
Tale of Two Cities: Views of Katrina Recovery in New Orleans Divide along Racial Lines
African American and white residents of New Orleans see the progress of recovery since Hurricane Katrina very differently, according to a new survey from the Manship School of Mass Communication’s Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs at LSU. Nearly 80 percent of the city’s white residents feel Louisiana has […] Read more »
The Fearful and the Frustrated
… What accounts for Donald Trump’s political moment? How did a real campaign emerge from a proposition so ludicrous that an episode of “The Simpsons” once used a Trump Presidency as the conceit for a dystopian future? … To inhabit Trump’s landscape for a while, to chase his jet or […] Read more »
Immigrant Status Tied to Discrimination Among Hispanics
About one in 10 U.S. Hispanics say they have experienced discrimination because of their ethnicity over the past month in each of several locations — their place of work, in dealings with police, while getting healthcare and at an entertainment venue such as a bar or restaurant. Slightly fewer report […] Read more »
How much should BlackLivesMatter to Bernie?
… The Sanders’ campaign is struggling to broaden its appeal beyond the aging hipsters, college students and left-wing professors to attract support from more moderate and conservative Democratic voters that right now are supporting Clinton and who typically constitute about half the Democratic nomination electorate. It’s not clear how having […] Read more »