Donald Trump’s education plan reflects the startling policies drafted by The Heritage Foundation in Project 2025 (2025 Presidential Transition Project).[1] This plan includes abolishing the Department of Education (DOE), ending loan forgiveness, promoting…
In the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11246 on September 24, 1965.1 This order, following the Civil Rights Act of 1964,2 intended to charge “the Secretary of Labor…with strong enforcement authority”…
Following the 2024 Election, media coverage has been dominated by newspapers seeking to articulate how Donald Trump won the election.1 As a part of this coverage, there is a noticeable rise in articles on the shift in Black and Latino votes for Trump…
As the 2024 Presidential Race approached its final chapter, the American media continued to note Vice President Kamala Harris’s substantial lead among Black voters, especially in battleground states.1 Nevertheless, the story of Black voters’ support…
On March 1st, 2024, the University of Florida (“the University”) released a memo announcing its intention to eliminate its chief diversity officer position, along with its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) staff.1 The University also halted all…
Racial disparities in capital punishment have been thoroughly documented.1 Where explicitly racist laws once codified discrimination in the imposition of the death penalty, today, disparities in capital punishment are primarily the result of forces that…
Florida has cultivated a landscape of education policy amounting to state censorship and the dilution of African-American history curriculum to the point of inaccessibility. The primary legislation deployed in their effort has been HB-1069.[1] The…
Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark Supreme Court decision that struck down the separation of educational facilities based on race.[1] In Brown, African American students were denied access to public schools attended by their white counterparts…
Ten years ago, the Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”) by striking down Section 4.[1] Section 4 provided a coverage formula, defining covered jurisdictions as states who used tests or devices as…
Recently, Tennessee implemented harsher voting restrictions for people with felony convictions.[1] An estimated 4.6 million Americans, or 2% of the voting population, are disenfranchised due to their felony conviction.[2] In Tennessee, more than 1-in-10…
