Politics

White politicians were coercing African Americans to vote long before civil rights

They weren’t doing for the sake of a multiracial democracy

When the resistance confronted Democrats in 1968, the crackdown was vicious

The Chicago convention forever changed the party

Lucy Parsons wanted to take down the rich by any means necessary

She was a fearless radical, and the FBI watched her every move

When this black celebrity showed his support for a bigoted president, people were pissed

After her first book, a critic argued that maybe not all feminists were ‘dogs’

Men used Germaine…

This particular Democratic National Convention was all about slavery — and how to keep it alive

America’s funniest political columnist translated Texas politics for the nation

Molly Ivins can’t say that, can she?

Police barred these black activists from the House floor, while a white Nazi in blackface got in

Powerfully delivered half a century ago, Shirley Chisholm’s words couldn’t be more relevant today

‘This quest for freedom is going to be fought more frequently in the streets’

How labor activist Cesar Chavez went on a hunger strike and turned Robert Kennedy into a fan

The soft-spoken activist believed in nonviolence and led one of the longest agricultural strikes in America