No belief in the history of the United States has been more threatening to democracy than the certainty that only white people are fit for self-government.
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Florida’s move to silence expert criticism of its disenfranchisement campaign echoes its Redemption-era assault on civil rights.
And Congress should claw it back.
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In 1866, the famous abolitionist laid out his vision for radically reshaping America in the pages of The Atlantic.
Backlash dynamics are one of the defining patterns of the country’s history.