Web Link Hits      The Rock Newman Show: Nov 29, 2016 - Dr. Greg Carr & Dr. Keneshia Grant Howard University Professors Dr. Keneshia Grant and Dr. Gregory Carr talk about what exactly happened for Trump to win the election, the possible ramifications of his presidency and explanations of the Black Community's ties to the creation of the El 340      VOTING RIGHTS for African Americans Fifteenth Amendment in 1870. It says:The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude 3903      SCOTUS: Dred Scott v. Sandford In 1846, Dred Scott and his wife Harriet filed suit for their freedom in the St. Louis Circuit Court. This suit began an eleven-year legal fight that ended in the U.S. Supreme Court, which issued a landmark decision declaring that Scott remain a slav 3280      Difference Between Government and Politics Government refers to the group of people that run the country while politics refers to the process that this group of people follows to run the country or education, corporations, and even religions. 454      ELECTION Year Activities and the Prohibition on Political Campaign Intervention for Section 501(c)(3) Organizations The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is releasing this fact sheet to provide information to help section 501(c)(3) organizations stay in compliance with the federal tax law. 590      VOTER Identification Requirements A total of thirty-four states have passed voter ID laws. These are not all in force at this point, either because the implementation date is in the future or because of court challenges 1226      Texas Voter Suppression Law Takes Effect Texas’ voter ID law, a common voter suppression law that disproportionately targets students, low-income voters and people of color, will take effect Monday after a court battle that was ultimately resolved by the five Republican members of the Supre 889      DEMOCRACY: "The Myth of American Democracy" - Dr. Carol Anderson But it’s not just the structure of our system that eats at America’s democratic claims. It’s the rules being layered on top of it. In 2017, 99 bills to limit voting have been introduced in 31 states. Recent years have seen an explosion of laws meant 470      VOTING: One Person, No Vote - Dr. Carol Anderson In One Person, No Vote, Anderson guides us through a history of voter suppression tactics including poll closures, photo ID requirements, and gerrymandering. Anderson also reveals the identity of the resistance, in the form of everyday organizers, ac 472      DR. CAROL ANDERSON - One Person, No Vote? A Conversation At “One Person, No Vote? A Conversation With Carol Anderson,” which took place October 11, 2018, at Park University in Parkville, MO, Michelle Tyrene Johnson, KCUR’s race moderated a discussion with Professor Carol Anderson about voter suppression. 498      Spreading Suppression: Restrictive Voting Laws Across the United States Over the past two years, more than 30 states have introduced legislation or enacted laws that would curb voter’s access to voting. 651      Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Gerrymandering Gerrymandering is the practice of carving up representative districts in a…creative fashion to benefit one party or another. 1068