by lindaoppenheim | Aug 30, 2018 | Article
The state of Vermont’s lone black female lawmaker, Rep. Ruqaiyah “Kiah” Morris (D-Bennington), announced that she will not be running for re-election this year, in part because of the overwhelming amount of racist threats she’s received. Read the report in The Root...
by lindaoppenheim | Sep 13, 2016 | Speech
Thursday, Sept. 15, 4:30 p.m. in Wallace Hall, Room 300. Since its rapid rise in early 2009, scholars have advanced a variety of explanations for popular support for the Tea Party movement. Robb Willer argues that various political, economic, and demographic trends...