Showing results for "Election Law" in Social Sciences

"North Carolina May Be Ground Zero for Election Law Battles" is from the March 10, 2016, US section of The New York Times. It was written by Richard Fausset and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"North Carolina Restroom Law Becomes a Central Election Issue" is from the April 25, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Richard Fausset and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Desmond Meade was chosen as a MacArthur Fellow in 2021 The inspiring and eye-opening true story of one man’s undying belief in the power of a fully enfranchised nation. “You may think the right to vote is a small matter, and if you do, I would bet you have never had it taken away from you...

One promise of democracy is the right of every citizen to vote. And yet, from our founding, strong political forces were determined to limit that right. The Supreme Court, Alexander Hamilton wrote, would protect the weak against this very sort of tyranny. Still, as On Account of Race forcefully demonstrates, through the better part of American history the Court has instead been a protector of white rule. And complex threats against the right to vote persist even today.

Midwives in the United States live and work in a complex regulatory environment that is a direct result of state and medical intervention into women's reproductive capacity. In Birthing a Movement, Renee Ann Cramer draws on over a decade of ethnographic and archival research to examine the interactions of law, politics, and activism surrounding midwifery care.