Civil Rights

by Conor Friedersdorf A Dish reader passes on extended thoughts about Haley Barbour and how he relates to the history of his hometown: As a Southerner born in the late 1960s, I've always struggled to understand what happened in the Civil Rig…

Does anyone know what exactly is being proposed? I oppose getting rid of the Filibuster altogether, and I opposed it when the Republicans wanted to use the “Nuclear Option” to get rid of it. There are just too many crazies out there …

To the sour-tasting disappointment of many who were relying on it, the Senate failed to pass the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibustering block of the DREAM Act, with Republicans promising not to expect much in 2011. Democrats could only must…

One of the absolutely strangest elements of modern American Conservatism is the extraordinary level of hypersensitivity it exhibits about the idea that any White People might be Racists. The view is basically that while, yes, in 1964 Racism migh…

Much of rural South Georgia is deemed Republican territory and one can look at recent election cycles and see that the color of red has dominated the political landscape for awhile. However, in one South Georgia county, it appears that a movement …

So this afternoon, the Senate voted to ratify New START after months of partisan wrangling and passed the bill giving health benefits to 9/11 heroes after, well, years of partisan wrangling. This, on the same day that Obama signed the Repeal of …

Earlier this month, a group of Civil Rights lawyers gathered at a hotel in San Antonio to discuss their primary focus for the next year: the mundane but crucial issue of political redistricting. This Story With Census growth, Hispanic groups ta…