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Silencing the Voice

Amy Bachrach Portside
This January 26 was the first “Australia Day” following October's defeat of landmark constitutional referendum recognizing Australia’s first nations people by enshrining in the Constitution an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament

State of the South: Voting Rights Under Assault Report

Southern Coalition for Social Justice Southern Coalition for Social Justice
This Report documents how voters of color, young voters and those with disabilities have been targeted with repressive laws and policies that undermine the hard-fought progress secured during the Civil Rights era.

On Cat Ladies, Mama Bears and ‘Momala’

Tressie McMillan Cottom New York Times
“All female political candidates are expected to narrate their motherhood status or, at least, their mother-like qualities,” writes @tressiemcphd . “But no other presidential candidate had to meet this challenge the way Harris will.”

Marx Goes to Texas

Ryan Moore Protean
In October of 1845, having been silenced by government censors—and on the run from possible extradition—Karl Marx once thought about moving to Texas.
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