James Clyburn (SC)

Senate Filibuster’s Racist Past Fuels Arguments For Its End

Lisa Mascaro, AP Congressional CorrespondentApril 12, 2021

Once obscure, the Senate filibuster is coming under fresh scrutiny not only because of the enormous power it gives a single senator to halt President Joe Biden’s agenda, but as a tool historically used for racism.

Julianne Malveaux Opinion

A More Diverse Congress, a More Perfect Union?

Julianne MalveauxJanuary 11, 2019

No freedom in this homeland of the free, but this Congress offers freedom possibilities. It offers the possibility of fixing the Voting Rights Act, even as the Supreme Court has attempted to erode voting rights, even as at least two elections were stolen in 2018, those of Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Andrew Gillum in Florida.