Racial Realignment News Today

He is one of 28 distinguished US scholars to receive the honor, and the second at the UO

The claim that Black voters are bolting to President Donald Trump’s Republican Party not only feels premature: It also fuels a troubling narrative that pins the blame for a possible second Trump term on Black voters. This notion of realignment has gotten more attention in recent months, as political observers try to make sense of […] The post Are We Really in the Middle of a ‘Racial Realignment’ in Politics? appeared first on Capital B News.

Blacks and hispanics moving toward GOP

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The explosive consequences of the realignment of the two major parties

Tim Barker  spoke to Mike Konczal , the author of Freedom from the Market: America’s Fight to Liberate Itself from the Grip of the Invisible Hand (The New Press). Tim Barker: You say that Freedom from the Market has some origin in Occupy Wall Street. How did you express that in this book? Mike Konczal: This book is the culmination of a political education over the last ten years. And this is the book I wanted to read ten years ago. There have been these really big debates that have co...