In Georgia, Republicans Take Aim at Role of Black Churches in Elections
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Sundays are always special at the St. Philip Monumental A.M.E. church. But in October, the pews are often more packed, the sermon...
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Justice Dept. Backs Away From Trump Era but Is Still Expected to Test Garland
WASHINGTON — As Judge Merrick B. Garland prepares to take over the Justice Department, officials have already begun to reverse Trump-era policies denounced by Democrats...
The Brewing Voting Rights Clash
The 2020 election was a wild one. And under the strange circumstances, Republicans wound up turning against one another on an issue that tends to...
A Supreme Court Test for What’s Left of the Voting Rights Act
But Paul M. Smith, a lawyer with the Campaign Legal Center, which submitted a brief supporting the challengers, said lower courts had worked out a...
House Passes Sweeping Gay and Transgender Equality Legislation
In emotional remarks in support of the Equality Act on Thursday, Ms. Newman said she was fighting to advance the legislation to ensure that people...
Rush Limbaugh’s Legacy of Venom: As Trump Rose, ‘It All Sounded Familiar’
Rush Limbaugh was a uniquely merciless media voice whose influence frightened and awed presidents for three decades — often at moments of trauma for the...
Trump’s Accusers
They call themselves the “Sisters of the Strange Sorority.” They have a playlist that includes “I’m Every Woman” and “Hit the Road, Jack” and they...
Why Kamala Harris and ‘Firsts’ Matter, and Where They Fall Short
“When I got to the Senate, I’m telling you, I got my face kicked in,” Ms. Moseley Braun said. “There was nobody there who was...
This M.L.K. Day, America Has a ‘Long Road Ahead’
Reeling from the attack on the Capitol, Joe Biden and other politicians have insisted that the violence does not represent “who we are” as a...
America in 2021: Racial Progress in the South, a White Mob in the Capitol
ATLANTA — The day after Georgia elected a Black descendant of sharecroppers and a young Jewish filmmaker to be U.S. senators, underscoring the rising political...