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Obvious Racism

Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 10:29 p.m.

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Maria and Julio are joined by Elie Mystal, justice correspondent at The Nation, for a conversation about the latest on voting rights and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They unpack the whitewashing of Dr. King\\u2019s words, what he stood for, and how to meaningfully honor his work.

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  • In this article for The Nation, Elie Mystal writes about what the late Harvard Law professor and icon, Lani Guinier, taught him about voting rights.

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  • \\u201cWhen Biden fully entered the battle, the other warriors were already bloody, bruised and exhausted,\\u201d writes opinion columnist Charles Blow about President Biden\\u2019s speech on voting rights in this piece for the The New York Times.

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  • \\u201cThis holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., sees a nation embroiled in conflicts that would have looked numbingly familiar to him,\\u201d writes Jelani Cobb in this article for The New Yorker.

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Photo credit: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

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