Politics & Prose at Busboys and Poets 14th & V welcomes Zachary Roth to present their new book "The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy."
In this urgent appeal to safeguard democracy, Roth reminds us that the upcoming presidential election will be the first in fifty years to lack the full protection of the Voting Rights Act. Many of the Act’s key provisions were struck down in 2013 when the Supreme Court ruled in Shelby County v. Holder. How did this happen, and what does it mean? Roth, an MSNBC reporter, delves into the history of the country’s anti-egalitarian sentiment, which dates back to Alexander Hamilton. More recently, GOP leaders, Libertarian scholars, corporate lobbyists, and others on the right have worked to close down the political process. Roth’s well-argued, passionate polemic tells us why we can’t let this continue.
Roth will be in conversation with Rahna Epting, chief of staff for Every Voice.
