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The Progressive Era lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s and was marked by efforts to root out governmental corruption and waste, and to protect the rights of women, children, and the working-class. Not all progressive reforms were strictly democratic, however. For instance, reformers sought efficiency in government by emphasizing the roles of experts and specialists over elected officials and common citizens. In Virginia, progressives attempted to make experts, or “virtuous” voters, out of the entire electorate by educating citizens on their civic responsibilities and then excluding whole ...

SUMMARY The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of national legislation, not only for the civil rights movement but for the emerging women’s movement of the 1960s. It officially outlawed discrimination in public accommodations and employment and established the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission to enforce those provisions. In contrast to earlier civil rights measures, it included a ban on employment discrimination on the basis of gender, as well as race, color, and religion, making it the most comprehensive civil rights bill in Ameri...

A Democratic candidate vying for an open U.S. House seat in Florida asked a federal court to require Gov. Ron DeSantis to schedule a special election.

Xi's speech shows path for China-Bangladesh climate cooperation By Md Enamul Hassan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-04-27 13:01 Though Bangladesh emits less than 0.35 percent of global greenhouse gases, it is one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change. Bangladeh is one of the vulnerable countries affected by climate change. Contributing factors include its nature as a low-lying and flat coastal plain, which makes the country more susceptible to cyclones and flooding from major rivers. The geographical location of Bangladesh is also...

Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 — or really  Bush v. Gore in 2000. This time, a massive new Georgia law, the Election Integrity Act of 2021, also known as Senate Bill 202 (or SB 202), has triggered national apoplexy, with Democrats, including President Joe Biden, declaring it the new Jim Crow. Such comparisons are insulting to those who fought for civil rights in the 1960s, incendiary to a public discourse already hampered by low institutional confidence, and at base disingenuous. Sorting out fact from fiction is not only important for this particular law, the fallout from which has a...