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Why White Feminists Should Stay in Their Lane
Aura Bogado at the Nation exhorts white feminists to stop exploiting the painful experiences of black women for their benefit. Provoked by the popular Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, she writes that a white woman’s “prison stint can never be a substitute for the violence institutionally carried out against women of color in…
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What Took So Long? Explaining Arizona's Ballot Fiasco
President Obama was re-elected weeks ago, but Arizona just completed its ballot counting on Wednesday. Colorlines’ columnist Aura Bogado digs into how it can take one state so long to tally its ballots, and why the state has done the same thing over the last two presidential elections. That Latinos would have concerns about the…
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RNC Adds Voter-ID Amendment
As the Republican National Convention is delayed because of Tropical Storm Isaac, the convention has included an amendment supporting controversial voter-ID laws, authored by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. Colorlines columnist Aura Bogado warns of this addition, along with other developments across America threatening the right to vote. DOJ Backs Virginia’s Voter ID The…
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New App Helps Protect the Right to Vote
Like the stop-and-frisk app released earlier this year to stop unfair targeting of black and Latinos by police in New York, now there’s something similar to push back against unfairly restrictive voter-ID laws, according to Colorlines columnist Aura Bogado. A new app called Election Protection was released yesterday that allows voters to register, find their…
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Racism Against Blacks Linked to Voter-ID Laws
A recent survey by the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication shows that those in support of voter-ID laws usually harbor “negative sentiments towards African Americans,” writes ColorLines‘ Aura Bogado. It’s little surprise, then, that the laws, which require one or more forms of hard-to-get identification in order to vote, primarily affect minorities. Researchers…
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New Hampshire Tussles Over Voter ID Law
This year may be New Hampshire’s last to boast a high voter turnout. According to Colorlines contributor Aura Bogado, the state’s legislature and Gov. John Lynch have been wrestling over a controversial voter ID bill that touts such strict regulations that Lynch initially vetoed it. In response, the legislature has threatened to overrule his decision.…
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Fannie Lou Who? Why Voting Rights Still Matter
Aura Bogado explains why Colorlines and the Nation won’t let us forget about voter suppression. While the Voting Rights Act was crafted to guarantee rights on a national level, we’ve found that the attacks against voting rights are numerous and decentralized, designed to keep activists on the defensive. We felt we wanted to provide these…
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