The difficult relationship between the police and blacks in the United States is evident in the deep-rooted racial divisions in the public’s view of law enforcement and the criminal justice system. But the latest Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll also finds agreement across racial groups on many […] Read more »
A Dream Undone: Inside the 50-year campaign to roll back the Voting Rights Act
… What changed this state of affairs was the passage, 50 years ago this month, of the Voting Rights Act. Signed on Aug. 6, 1965, it was meant to correct “a clear and simple wrong,” as Lyndon Johnson said. “Millions of Americans are denied the right to vote because of […] Read more »
The Appeal of ‘Trump-ism’
Is the “silent majority” ready to roar again? Donald Trump thinks so. At his big rally in Phoenix recently, the bombastic businessman insisted: “The ‘silent majority’ is back, and we are going to take the country back.” Trump’s future in the GOP presidential race is uncertain after his churlish attacks […] Read more »
What do Americans feel about race relations?
Americans’ negative views on the state of race relations in the U.S. persist, with nearly 6 in 10 Americans saying they’re bad, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll released Thursday. Among those polled, blacks are more likely than whites to hold this view. CONT. CBS News Read more »
Poll Shows Most Americans Think Race Relations Are Bad
Seven years ago, in the gauzy afterglow of a stirring election night in Chicago, commentators dared ask whether the United States had finally begun to heal its divisions over race and atone for the original sin of slavery by electing its first black president. It has not. Not even close. […] Read more »
A Growing Divide on Race
Views about race relations and discrimination differ vastly between black and white Americans, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. CONT. New York Times Read more »