House Majority Whip Rep. Clyburn (D-SC) comments on voting rights and the history of the filibuster. "Over time, especially during the Jim Crow era…that filibuster […]
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Racist Scandal Lurks In Background Of Cornyn Obstruction Of Gupta Nomination To DOJ | Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow revisits a racist scandal from 1999 in Tulia, Texas in which dozens of people were arrested and convicted on bogus drug charges. While […]
Continue reading‘Tool Of The White Supremacist South:’ Hayes On Racist History Of Filibuster | All In | MSNBC
Mitch McConnell said the filibuster has “no racial history at all.” However, “the actual use of the filibuster as its developed has been, almost more […]
Continue readingWith Increase In Anti-Asian Crime, ‘People Need To Understand That There Is So Much Pain’
Kimmy Yam, reporter for NBC Asian America, and Amanda Nguyen, CEO and Founder of the non-profit civil rights group RISE, join Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss […]
Continue readingLongtime John Lewis Aide On Fight For Voting Rights | Craig Melvin | MSNBC
MSNBC’s Craig Melvin is joined by Tiffany Cross, the host of “The Cross Connection” on MSNBC and Rachelle O’Neil, staffer of the late Congressman and […]
Continue reading‘How Dare You Say That We Are Not Interested In Families In The Black Community?’ | Andrea Mitchell
Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-U.S. Virgin Islands, responded after Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., made a comment suggesting that the Black Lives Matter movement was not interested […]
Continue readingGOP Accused Of Targeting People Of Color With Voter Suppression | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
Writer and thinker Caroline Randall Williams joins us to react to the bill Democrats are considering in the U.S. House and the fight to stop […]
Continue reading‘If You Can’t Get Justice For That, What Can You Get Justice For?’- Philonise Floyd On Floyd Death
MSNBC’s Craig Melvin is joined by George Floyd’s family lawyer, Ben Crump and George Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd to discuss the murder of George Floyd […]
Continue reading‘We’re not at fault’: Margaret Cho on rise of anti-Asian violence
Actress and comedian Margaret Cho talks to CNN's Pamela Brown about the rise of violence against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. #CNN #News
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