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The Columbia Journalism School has named Ari Berman as this year’s Pringle Lecturer to address the graduating class on Journalism Day. The award is made annually by faculty to an outstanding journalist covering politics whose work can serve as a source of inspiration for the next generation.

A court order to allow same-sex marriages. the new mexico supreme court ruled in december that same-sex couples in the state could legally marry and the most recent and stunning development a federal judge in utah ruled that the states ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. and hundreds of couples have gotten married since that ruling came down on december 20th. the state is appealing the decision but for now the weddings are happening. 18 states in the district of columbia have marriage ...

White house editor at politico, and dave ho, director of aclus vote rights project. and joining us from texas, ari berman, author of "herding donkeys: the fight to rebuild the democratic party and reshape american politics." dale, i want to start with you. if the supreme court has told us under section four, history is no longer the basis. if it is awfully hard to prove intent, then can we imagine disparate impact as a way to get to voter protection? >> i think we absolutely can. because focusin...

Their limited resources and tried to pay those taxes. they studied for tests, even though it was almost impossible to pass them. and from the end of jim crowe through today when americans have been faced with barriers to their right to vote they have never stopped trying to jump over those barriers. with me, katrina, editor and publisher of "the nation" magazine. mara jones. kristin, executive director, ceo and co-founder of momsrising.org. ariberman, contributing writer for "the nation" magazin...

And also ari berman, contributor writer for the nation magazine and author of the book "herding donkeys." great to have both of you with us. ari, you have been on the story from the start but i want to start with nina tonight. nina, is there a racial component here? i have to ask that question. they did cut the hours in all 88 counties, but when you look at the hours that they are shortening, it goes right to working families and right to people who are of low income, maybe working two jobs. you...

And also ari berman, contributor writer for the nation magazine and author of the book "herding donkeys." great to have both of you with us. ari, you have been on the story from the start but i want to start with nina tonight. nina, is there a racial component here? i have to ask that question. they did cut the hours in all 88 counties, but when you look at the hours that they are shortening, it goes right to working families and right to people who are of low income, maybe working two jobs. you...

Writer for the nation magazine and author of the book "herding donkeys." great to have both of you with us. i want to start with nina. nina, is there a racial component here? i have to ask that question. they did cut the hours in all 88 counties, but when you look at the hours that they are shortening, it goes right to working families and right to people who are of low income, maybe working two jobs. your thoughts on this. >> thats right, ed. this is as much about race as it is about class. the...

National action network, and ari berman. author of "herding donkeys." great to have you with us. reverend, ill going to you first on this. the numbers clearly state that pennsylvania could now be in jeopardy. whats the push back on this, reverend? what do we do? what do democrats do? what options are available at this point? >> well, two things. one, there will be an appeal to this ruling, but at the same time, groups like ours, the national action network have gone into pennsylvania, have gone ...

Text a for bidens comments, text b for suppressing the vote. to 622639. you can always going to our blob at ed.msnbc.com and well bring you the results later on in the show. im joined tonight by reverend al sharpton, host of "politics nation" on msnbc and head of the national action network, and ari berman. author of "herding donkeys." great to have you with us. reverend, ill going to you first on this. the numbers clearly state that pennsylvania could now be in jeopardy. whats the push back on ...

The republicans dont want that to happen again. its that simple. lets turn to ohio state senator nina turner and also ari berman, contributor for "the nation" magazine and "rolling stone" magazine and author of "herding donkeys." great to have both of you with us. senator, i want to ask you, are people in ohio, are they on this, and whats their reaction? >> people are outraged, ed. i mean, no one should have to beg to vote, and that is exactly what is happening in ohio in the predominantly urban...