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Democracy Docket
“the genie of violence has been blessed, approved and legitimized, especially by the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.”
Democracy Now
“The indictment was a long time coming, and it reaffirmed the belief in the rule of law…”
MSNBC
“This is the valorization of colorblindness, [and] normalization of white supremacy.”
Democracy Now!
Author and academic CaroL Anderson says the fight over gun control in Tennessee and the expulsion of two Black Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature are connected to "the inherent, fundamental fear of Black people" that drives much of U.S. gun culture and politics
Rachel Mummey/The Washington Post
The Washington Post
Florida’s past paints Ron DeSantis’s war on ‘wokeism’ in a dark light
Washington Post Live
“The problem we have in the United States is that we use these myths as a way to diminish the humanity and the citizenship of large sectors of our population."
Democracy Now!
“American Democracy Hangs in the Balance”: Carol Anderson on Midterms, Georgia Races & Voting Rights
Citizen of the Planet/UCG/Universal Images group via Getty Images
Oprah Daily
The Second Amendment Enshrines Anti-Blackness, Argues Writer and Legal Scholar Carol Anderson
C-SPAN In Depth
"The foundation of the second amendment is the fear of blackness, the fear of black people, defining African Americans as criminal, as a threat, as dangerous, as violent, and that the white community has to be protected.”
Amanpour - CNN
“The Language of Critical Race Theroy is being used to cover The Teaching of American history.”
Justice Amy Coney Barrett with Chief Justice John Roberts at her investiture ceremony. Photograph: Tom Brenner/Reuters
The Guardian
The US supreme court is letting racist discrimination run wild in the election system
The Mehdi Hasan Show
GOP Attacks How Race & History are To Be Taught
Democracy Now!
“White Rage” Author Carol Anderson: GOP Attack on “Election Fraud” was Really an Attack on Black Voters
Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
The Guardian
White supremacists declare war on democracy and walk away unscathed
The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC)
Professor Carol Anderson on the Rittenhouse Verdict
Black News Channel
AMplified with Aisha Mills
AJ+
“The Second Amendment ... is rooted in the fear of Black people.”
WHYY Radio Times
The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
Katy Tur Reports on MSNBC
June 11, 2021
Eric Gay/AP
The Guardian
“America’s gun obsession is rooted in slavery”
Democracy Now!
“The Second”: Carol Anderson on the Racist Roots of the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC)
White Supremacy as the Foundation of the Second Amendment
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
The 2nd Amendment’s Anti-Blackness & America’s Gun Obsession Rooted in Slavery w/ Carol Anderson
MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images
CNN.com
The Second Amendment is not about guns -- it's about anti-Blackness, a new book argues
Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images
Vox.com
White rage won’t just go away
All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)
Amazon Original Movie
The Mehdi Hasan Show
November 25, 2020
Salwan Georges/The Washington Post
The Washington Post
“Anger builds in Black community over Trump’s claims of voter fraud in big cities”
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
The Guardian
“Millions of Americans have risen up and said: democracy won't die on our watch”
Morry Gash/Associated Press
Boston Globe
“The Supreme Court’s starring role in democracy’s demise”
The Washington Post
“Voter suppression never went away. It evolved.”
Brian Ross Investigates
“Trump’s Tulsa Rally the Site of the Worst Race Massacre in US History”
The Root
“Ending White Supremacy Requires White People To Realize That Black Liberation Isn't A 'Zero Sum Game’”
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
The Guardian
“In 1919, the state failed to protect black Americans. A century later, it's still failing”
Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Images
Time.com
“Republicans Could Use the Coronavirus to Suppress Votes Across the Country. This Week We Got a Preview”
What’s Eating America with Andrew Zimmern
Episode 4 - “A Seat at the Table”
Photograph: Faith Ninivaggi/Reuters
The Guardian
“The era of 'whites-only' elections in America has returned”
Illustration: Richard Chance/The Guardian
The Guardian
“The five ways Republicans will crack down on voting rights in 2020”
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
The Washington Post
“Impeachment is the latest chapter in the battle between democracy and white supremacy”
Netflix
“Hello Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea.”
The Economist
“How lynching still affects American politics”
Photograph: Wang Ying/Xinhua/Barcroft Media
The Guardian
“Republicans' white supremacist problem is a threat to America”
Time.com
“Republicans Want a White Republic. They'll Destroy America to Get It”
Drew Angerer/Getty Images
The Guardian
“Trump's regime is leading America in an insurrection”
BET’s Finding Justice
Season 1 Episode 3: Voter Suppression
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
The New York Times
“The Real Theft of American Democracy”
How to Fix Democracy
Episode 3: Carol Anderson
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The Guardian
“American democracy is in crisis. A House bill could help it heal”
Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
The Guardian
“Brett Kavanaugh should never have been allowed on the supreme court”
Doug Mills/AFP/Getty Images
The Guardian
“Trump consistently lied to Americans in the State of the Union address”
Photograph: Stephen Nowland/Emory University
Teaching Tolerance
Finding Our Power: Professor and author Carol Anderson explains how voter suppression remains alive and well—and how it’s hurting us all.
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
The Huffington Post
“Trump’s Oval Office Address Revealed The Nation’s Real Emergency”
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The Guardian
“What is America going to do about its Trump problem in 2019?”
Bloomberg via Getty Images
The Huffington Post
“The Russians Meddled In Our Democracy, But They Had All-American Help”
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS
Voter Suppression in Georgia
Tami Chappell/EPA
The Guardian
“Georgia doesn't need another voter suppressor running its elections”
THE WASHINGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGES
The Huffington Post
“America Has Survived Illegitimate Regimes Before. Can We Survive Trump’s?”
Audra Melton for The New York Times
The New York Times
Stacey Abrams, Brian Kemp and Neo-Jim Crow in Georgia”
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
The Guardian
“Why is no one talking about the uncounted, suppressed votes in Florida?”
CHRISTOPHER ALUKA BERRY / REUTERS
The Atlantic
“Brian Kemp’s Lead in Georgia Needs an Asterisk”
Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images
The Players’ Tribune
8 Questions with Dr. Carol Anderson
JI SUB JEONG/HUFFPOST
The Huffington Post
“Republicans Are Afraid Of Democracy, So They’re Dismantling It”
Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images
KQED - Forum
“Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression, Past and Present”
CNN.com
“What kind of America do you want? 14 writers respond”
Jessica McGowan / Getty Images
Dissent Magazine
Booked: How to Pick an Electorate, with Carol Anderson
AP
The Huffington Post
“Welcome To Jim Crow 2.0”
Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes
Voter Suppression Past and Present with Carol Anderson
Amanpour
“Observers raise alarms over midterm voter suppression”
Democracy Now!
Trump Won in 2016 Thanks to Voter Suppression Says Carol Anderson, Author of “One Person, No Vote”
C-SPAN Book TV
Open Phones with Carol Anderson live at the Wisconsin Book Festival
The Dean Obeidallah Show
Professor Carol Anderson talks about the efforts of the GOP’s Brian Kemp to suppress the vote of African Americans in the Georgia race for Governor
John Bazemore/AP Photo
Wisconsin Public Radio - “The Morning Show”
What's The State Of Voting Rights?
Bob Herbert’s Op-Ed.TV
“Carol Anderson on the Impact of Voter Suppression”
Eric Gay/AP Photo
KERA “Think”
Why Are Fewer Black Americans Voting? They Can’t
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
CAROL ANDERSON - "ONE PERSON, NO VOTE" & THE IMPACT OF VOTER SUPPRESSION
C-SPAN After Words
Carol anderson interviewed by Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
Brynn Anderson / AP Images
WNYC “On the Media”
“Voter Suppression By Any Other Name”
Literary Hub
“The Voters Who Disappeared From the Roll”
Credit: Mark Pernice
New York Times
“The Republican Approach to Voter Fraud: Lie”
YURI GRIPAS / REUTERS
The Huffington Post
"Trump Is Turning America Into The United States Of Hopelessness"
Audra Melton for The New York Times
New York Times
"Brian Kemp, Enemy of Democracy"
Pacific Press via Getty Images
The Huffington Post
"If You Want To End Racism, Stop Forgiving Racists"
Shawn Thew/EPA
The Guardian
"Voting while black: the racial injustice that harms our democracy"
The Ezra Klein Show
"Carol Anderson on White Rage and Donald Trump"
Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images
Vox.com
"Carol Anderson recommends 3 books that illustrate how American institutions are failing us"
NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES
The Huffington Post
"The Rule Of Law In America Has Always Been Selective"
CARL IWASAKI VIA GETTY IMAGES
The Huffington Post
"The Ruling Named For Linda Brown Died Long Before She Did"
KEVIN LAMARQUE / REUTERS
The Huffington Post
"Why Do Republicans Hate America?"
Carolyn Kaster/AP
The Guardian
"By ending Daca, Donald Trump has declared war on a diverse America"
OLIVIER DOULIERY / POOL/EPA
The Guardian
"Don't call it the Trump administration. Call it a regime"
Eric Thayer for The New York Times
The New York Times
"The Policies of White Resentment"
The Rachel Maddow Show
"How white supremacy is like a national drug addiction"
PBS News Hour
"Scenes from Charlottesville invoke racist legacy in the present day"
Literary Hub
"Respectability Will Not Save Us: On the History of Respectability Politics and Their Failure to Keep Black Americans Safe"
Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
The Guardian
"America is hooked on the drug of white supremacy. We're paying for that today"
Democracy Now!
Emory Professor Carol Anderson on “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide”
Molly Riley/AP
The Guardian
"Jeff Sessions now has my book White Rage. Will he read it?"
AP
Financial Times
"America is more racially divided than it has been in decades"
Illustrations by John Jay Cabuay
Politico
"Politico Top 50: Our guide to the thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics in 2016"
C-SPAN Book TV
live Interview with Carol Anderson at the 33rd Annual Miami Book Fair
Democracy Now!
Professor Carol Anderson on Police Killings, Trump, the Clintons & Her New Book "White Rage"
Shawn Thew/EPA
PBS News Hour
"Why white nationalists hear a political ally in Donald Trump"
AP Photo/Rudolph Faircloth
Quartz
"America wouldn’t need police reform now if it hadn’t botched education reform decades ago"
Steve Helber / Associated Press
Los Angeles Times
“The Democrats' demographic firewall is under attack"
AP/Richard Drew/Andrew Harnik/Photo montage by Salon
Salon.com
"Donald Trump exposes the GOP’s dirty secret: They build everything by nurturing white rage"
Bloomberg/Getty Images
Times Magazine
"Donald Trump Is the Result of White Rage, Not Economic Anxiety"
Charlie Riedel/Associated Press
Washington Post
"Ferguson isn’t about black rage against cops. It’s white rage against progress."
CNN.com
"Florida Shooter saw Black, Thought ‘threat’"
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