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Presidential Election 2016: Why Democrats’ Frustration with Shelby County May Be Misdirected

by MJR&L on January 10, 2017January 10, 2017

By Ali Boyd Associate Editor, Vol. 22 In the midst of a nationwide battle for civil rights, President Lyndon B. Johnson called on Congress to create one of the most expansive protections of voting rights ever seen.  The result, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), sought to protect against racialized voter disenfranchisement.  One of the […]

The 2016 Presidential Election: Quiet on Education Policy, Near Silent on K-12 Education Reform

by MJR&L on November 20, 2016November 20, 2016

By Madeleine McKay Jennings Associate Editor, Vol. 22 I wrote this post in the week preceding the United States presidential election. On November 8, by about 10 p.m., the subject of this writing seemed immediately irrelevant. In my personal and academic lives, I’ve placed much importance around this issue but, on that Tuesday night, it was […]

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