69 online
 
Most Popular Choices
Share on Facebook 15 Printer Friendly Page More Sharing
Exclusive to OpEd News:
OpEdNews Op Eds    H2'ed 11/5/18

Voting Is Our Basic Guarantee of Democratic Equality

By       (Page 3 of 5 pages) Become a premium member to see this article and all articles as one long page.   3 comments

"New Voting Restrictions in America." May 10, 2017. Brennan Center for Justice. New York, NY: NYU School of Law [click here].

Palast, Greg. October 9, 2018. "Indiana Caught Illegally Purging 20,000 Voters--Are You one of them?" Greg Palast Investigative Journalism. Los Angeles, CA: Palast Investigative Fund [click here].

Pan, Deanna and Zaineb Mohammed. November 4, 2012. "Timeline: The Long History of Voter Suppression. The 200-year battle over which Americans get to cast their ballots on Election Day." Mother Jones. San Francisco, CA: The Foundation for National Progress [click here].

Serwer, Adam. November 1, 2012. "10 Dirty Ways to Swing an Election." Mother Jones. San Francisco, CA: The Foundation for National Progress [click here].

"Wealth Inequality." 2018. Inequality.org. A project of the Institute for Policy Studies. Washington, DC: Institute for Policy Studies. [quality.org/facts/wealth-inequality/].

Williams, Vanessa. August 18, 2018. "Georgia voting rights activists move to block a plan to close two-thirds of polling places in a majority black county" The Washington Post. Seattle, WA: Nash Holdings, Co. [click here].



[1] One notable apologist of Southern slavery is the historian Ulrich Bonnell Phillips who wrote of the kindness of southern slaveholders and of their beneficent treatment of slaves, especially their provisions of adequate food, clothing, housing, medical care and training in modern technology, and thus providing a sort of school that civilized slaves.

[2] Usage of the word slavery by southern whites in the 1800s in the United States was considered improper; hence, the preference of the time for the more nuanced and palatable phrase --- "the peculiar institution".

[3] Reference here is to Genesis 2:18, which states: "The Lord God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.'"

[4] Otherwise known as the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, it granted full U.S. citizenship to the indigenous peoples; i.e., so-called "Indians", of the United States.

[5] Otherwise known as the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. The act organized various immigration statutes into a single law and eliminated laws preventing Asians from becoming naturalized American citizens.

Next Page  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5

(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).

Funny 2   Must Read 1   Valuable 1  
Rate It | View Ratings

Colin S. Cavell, Ph.D. Social Media Pages: Facebook page url on login Profile not filled in       Twitter page url on login Profile not filled in       Linkedin page url on login Profile not filled in       Instagram page url on login Profile not filled in

Born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Colin S. Cavell earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Louisiana State University in 1982, his Masters of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of New Orleans in (more...)
 

Related Topic(s): Voting, Add Tags
Add to My Group(s)
Go To Commenting
The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.
Writers Guidelines

 
Contact AuthorContact Author Contact EditorContact Editor Author PageView Authors' Articles
Support OpEdNews

OpEdNews depends upon can't survive without your help.

If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.

STAY IN THE KNOW
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.
Daily Weekly     OpEd News Newsletter
Name
Email
   (Opens new browser window)
 

Most Popular Articles by this Author:     (View All Most Popular Articles by this Author)

The US State on the Verge of the November 6, 2018 Midterm Elections

Voting Is Our Basic Guarantee of Democratic Equality

To View Comments or Join the Conversation:

Tell A Friend