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Good morning on today's show, Carol Anderson, (@ProfCAnderson) the Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies at Emory University and author of One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy joins us. Carol Anderson's&nbsp;One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy&nbsp;explores the history of voting and its struggle to make democracy real through the 15th amendment. Anderson examines previous examples of voter suppression&nbsp;like the poll tax and literacy test in the 19th century as points where black voters and poor voters were kept from the polls in southern states. In modern times, voter ID laws have become the hot legislation to disenfranchise citizens from voting.&nbsp;Anderson cites Indiana's 2005 voter ID law as a particularly absurd measure which was enacted in a state that had never charged a citizen with voter fraud. Anderson argues that the 14th and 15th amendment have been stripped of their legal protections by cases brought to the Supreme Court. Anderson argues that Reagan's southern strategy and the migration of the Dixiecrats to the Republican party helped drive the GOP further to the right and are now doubling down on a white ethnic identity party funded by special corporate interest. So what's next? Anderson insists that non-partisan redistricting commissions come to the forefront, beyond that we must elect politicians whose commitment to the Voting Rights Act is unquestionable. And in the Fun Half: Climate catastrophe, Brett Stephens' bad faith climate argument, fascist regimes will fail to protect their constituents, the Teamster UPS contract dispute, Michael goes in on the idea of "anti-corruption" political campaigns citing last night's election in Brazil, Mitch McConnell's career dedication to the ultra-elite is unmatched in American history, Orin Hatch dismisses female protestors in the most unsavory way, it's Dinesh Dsouza revisionist history hours on Fox &amp; Friends, Taylor Swift is voting Democratic and Charlie Kirk is crushed, plus your calls and IMs! Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Get 10% off fair trade coffee, tea or chocolate with coupon code "Majority" at justcoffee.coop Newsvoice: Get a personalized newsfeed featuring a mixture of mainstream, international, and independent sources with Newsvoice’s free app (iOS or Android) at https://newsvoice.com/majority Check out The Michael Brooks Show at patreon.com/tmbs,&nbsp;and the new TMBS YouTube channel for all short TMBS clips Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover or on iTunes Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at youtube.com/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @majorityfm @SamSeder @_michaelbrooks @MattLech @jamie_elizabeth @Bf1nn

1943 - One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy w/ Carol Anderson

Adam and Chet welcome comedian Olivia Haidar to talk about the 2013 court ruling that led to a wave of voter suppression that's still happening in America

Good Luck, America

How Voter Suppression Works

This week, we're talking Voter Suppression and how to power through it, this coming November.

Episode 179: Voter Suppression Is Real

Disagreements within parties have shifted the terms of debate, forced new agendas onto the political stage, even birthed new parties altogether. So in this episode of BackStory. Peter, Ed, and Brian peer inside our political parties and explore some of the influential factions that have left a mark on the American political landscape – from the Radical Republicans after the Civil War, to the Dixiecrats after World War II. Plus, they look back to the early Republic and a time before the formation of party organizations, when “faction” was the only game in town.

BackStory - Splintered Parties: A History Of Political Factions

Brian and Peter talk with law professor Elyn Saks about her own experience with schizophrenia.

First Person (from "States of Mind")

Ed sits down with Hank Thomas, a veteran freedom rider and participant in the march, and hears how that day, and the civil rights struggle, shaped his life.

Being There (from "Fierce Urgency of Now")

Historian David Blight talks with Ed about the continuing impact of the Civil War in shaping the context within which the march took place, and the particular importance of the Emancipation Proclamation in King’s speech, which had been issued 100 years before.

"Let Freedom Ring!" (from "Fierce Urgency of Now")

Brian talks with historian Tom Jackson about the Kennedy administration’s efforts to manage the march, and Peter, Ed, and Brian consider the international implications of the images coming out of the march – raising difficulties in the Cold War battle for ideas, but also playing into a global conversation about decolonization and liberation.

The World Watches (from "Fierce Urgency of Now")

Historian William P. Jones talks with Brian about the origins of the march idea, first floated during a campaign against employment discrimination in the 1940s.

A March for Jobs and Freedom (from "Fierce Urgency of Now")

Ed talks with media scholar Aniko Bodroghkozy about the television news coverage of the march, and how television played into the Civil Rights movement more generally.

The Televised March (from "Fierce Urgency of Now")

The Guys discuss the fateful shot fired on Fort Sumter, and explain why, in its aftermath, Virginia’s identity as a slave state ultimately trumped all the other arguments against secession.

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The End Game (That Starts the War) (from "Civil War 150th: I")

This month, the US Women’s Soccer Team won the Women’s World Cup for the fourth time since the tournament was established in 1991. But alongside the celebrations were calls for female players to be paid the same as their male counterparts. So, on this episode of BackStory, we’re revisiting past segments that explore the issue of sports and equality throughout American history.

BackStory - Splintered Parties: A History Of Political Factions

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