The Roosevelt coalition of the 1930s-1940s included class-conscious workers of all colors, but the Democratic majorities in Congress depended on the presence of southern “Dixiecrats” who rejected racial equality and detested the CIO. ..…
Both Knights of Labor, which was player from the early 1870s through the early 1890s, and Industrial Workers of the World, had better records on confronting white supremacy. ..…
(Photo by Anadolu news agency) The Turkish military has reinforced its presence in the other side of the barbed wire border with Syria amid perceived threats from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), a major component of the US-backed militiamen from the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces..…
Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces in the southern of Manbij Aleppo province, May 31, 2016. © Reuters Earlier this week, SDF fighters managed to cut the north out of Manbij to the town of Jarabulus. ..…
Members of the Church of the Nazarene are overwhelmingly likely to favor the GOP (63% Republican vs. 24% Democrat), as are the Southern Baptist Convention (64% vs. 26%) and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (59% vs. 27%), among other evangelical churches. ..…
Smith of Virginia, chairman of House Rules Committee and segregationist who had done his best to kill the bill, introduced amendment that added sex to list that included race, religion, and origin. ..…
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The Democratic Alliance, one of South Africa's opposition parties, and Southern Africa Litigation Centre, human rights organization, signaled they may challenge South Africa's courts.. ..…
Democratic vote was split between two candidates, one representing Southern wing of the party, and the other representing Northern wing. ..…
Republicans, addition to featuring all-star cast of party figures, appear to be rerunning the strategy that unseated another Southern Democrat last month.. ..…
'They are not looking to promote a democratic agenda,' one military official said. . Southern Iraq has been a center of much rivalry and rancor in recent weeks, to an extent that has surprised officials in the Bush administration. ..…
Hoyer of Southern Maryland, the Democratic whip, teamed with Republican Rep. ..…
For instance, the balance of leaned identification among those who say they are registered to vote is more Republican than among the overall public 48% of registered voters identify as Democrats or lean Democratic compared with 43%. ..…
The new Southern capitalist class used both the law and racist terrorism to intimidate Blacks. . The Populist movement of the 1890s initially united Black and white farmers--it held the promise of a challenge to poverty and inequality. ..…
Although the House remained under Democratic control (243 to 192), their margin was actually much slimmer, because many southern “boll weevil” Democrats voted with the Republicans. . ..…
The rifts over abortion and gay rights and the division seem to support the notion that America is experiencing clash of cultures.. ..…
That change may be a factor in explaining why the southern states had such disproportionate power, including in the Democratic Party, for decades. ..…
A Democrat, McClellan did not like the turn toward a “hard war” of subjugation, emancipation, and confiscation of Southern property that took place in 1862. ..…
He is, evidently, known his piece, and his Twitter feed are all set to private. ..…
As an impromptu political formation, the chebab have not had time to formulate a clear position on southern independence--let alone a position that supports the southerners' right to self-determination. . A forthright defense of this democratic right would require the chebab make an..…
A lot of conservative [Northern] Anglicans and evangelicals are making the discovery right now that they’re dealing with [Southern] people who are rock solid on morality issues, homosexuality issues, but who are way to the left of the Democratic Party on economic issues. . ..…
For instance, he is unlikely to be African-American, which very strongly predicts Democratic voting. And she is unlikely to be a Southern evangelical, which very strongly predicts Republican voting, at least recently. . ..…