Those who fought for America’s democracy should be treated as the war heroes they are.
Tag: Civil Rights Movement (1954-68)
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Our Racial Reckoning Could Have Come Sooner. What Made 2020 Different?
The murder of George Floyd, a pandemic and social media released a storm.
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The Expansion of Democracy Is What Does the Trick
There are minorities whose interests are harmed by majority rule. But they are not minorities as we tend to think of them; they are elites.
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In Los Angeles, a Tree With Stories to Tell
At the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, each champion received a baby oak tree. In Los Angeles one of them is still alive, a witness to a forgotten chapter of Black history. But it is threatened with destruction to make space for luxury apartments.
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In the U.S., Backlash to Civil Rights Era Made Guns a Political Third Rail
Other countries changed course after massacres. But American political protection for guns is unique, and has become inseparable from conservative credentials.