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Louisiana voters will have a chance to strike down a Jim Crow law this November

Louisiana’s split-jury law dates to a constitutional convention disenfranchising black voters.

Reconsidering the US-Saudi relationship

Things have changed since the Cold War.

Democratic outreach to Latino voters doesn’t look much better than it did in 2016

Most Latino voters say they haven’t experienced any kind of midterms outreach.

Here’s why Trump threatened to pull out of a 144-year-old postal treaty

This is Trump’s weirdest move in the China trade war.

Julian Assange is fighting the Ecuadorian government over a cat

Worst. Houseguest. Ever.

Edible cotton now exists — and it could have a big effect on world hunger

Apparently, it tastes like hummus.

A radio ad invoked lynchings to court black voters. It did not go over well.

A Super PAC is defending the ad, which claimed that "white Democrats will be lynching black folk again."

13 found-footage horror movies actually worth watching this Halloween

An appreciation of an undeservedly maligned subgenre of horror movies.