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Voting Rights and Wrongs "Abigail Thernstrom is simply the best writer and thinker we have on voting rights in America. Voting Rights--and Wrongs, the culmination of decades of research and thinking, is the watershed book that will reframe our thinking on minorities and the vote." [ more ]
--Shelby Steele,
Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution.
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  • “Clear Thinking on Race” Review of Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Race, National Review, May 6, 2013. [read article]
  • “Left Behind: Sometimes Indoctrination Works and Sometimes it doesn’t,” Review of Dina Hampton, Little Red: Three Passionate Lives Through the Sixties and Beyond, Weekly Standard, April 29, 2013. [read article]
  • Commentary on Shelby County v. Holder, SCOTUS blog, February 28, 2013. [read article]
  • “Why Section 5 Survives,” The Great Debate: Reuters Symposium on “The Future of the Voting Rights Act’s Section 5, January 30, 2013.
  • “The Voting Rights Act’s Murky Legal Landscape,” American Bar Association, State and Local Law News, Volume 36, Number 2, Winter 2013.
  • “Commentary on Shelby County v. Holder,” Scotus blog, February13, 2013
  • Amicus brief, Shelby Co, AL v. Holder, Abigail Thernstrom et al, 2013, In the Supreme Court of the United States, No. 12-96. [read article]
  • “A Failed Policy,” review of Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It’s Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won’t Admit It, by Richard H. Sander and Stuart Taylor Jr., National Review, November 12, 2012. [read article]
  • “The demise of Section 5: A now-irrelevant provision of the Votng Rights Act may soon be no more,” National Review, March 16, 2012.
  • Review of Richard H. Sander and Stuart Taylor Jr., Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It’s Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won’t Admit It,” National Review, November 12, 2012. [read article]
  • “The New Guidelines for Section 5 Implementation,” ch. 9, Benjamin E. Griffith, ed, America Votes! A Guide to Modern Election Law and Voting Rights, 2nd edition, American Bar Association, section of state and local government law, 2012.
  • An amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court in the Fisher case. [to be heard October 10, 2012.]
  • The New Guidelines for Section 5 Implementation, American Bar Association, America Votes, 2nd edition by Abigail Thernstrom.
  • Online VRA symposium: The Section 5 guidelines and their substantial federalism costs. Abigail Thernstrom, guest. SCOTUSblog, Sept 12, 2012. [reprint]
  • "Redistricting in Today's Shifting Racial Landscape," 23 Stanford Law and Policy Review 373 (2012), Electionlawblog.org, posted September 4, 2012. [reprint]
  • Voter ID laws are good for democracy: Without a personal identification card issued by some level of government, you are a second-class citizen. by Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom. Los Angeles Times, August 12, 2012; Real Clear Politics, August 18, 2012.
  • The Good News About Race in America: A conversation with Abigail Thernstrom. Wall Street Journal, May 18, 2012.
  • The demise of Section 5: A now-irrelevant provision of the Voting Rights Act may soon be no more. by Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, March 16, 2012.
  • Racial Gerrymandering: To the civil rights community, segregated congressional districts are enlightened public policy. By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, April 29, 2011.
  • Yes, the Black Panther Case Is Small Potatoes: A reply to Andrew McCarthy. By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, July 27, 2010. [read article]
  • The New Black Panther Case: A Conservative Dissent By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online July 6, 2010. [read article]
  • A Political Moment to Savor: A black Republican wins GOP nomination in South Carolina By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, June 24, 2010. [read article]
  • Politics, Not Race, Defeated Artur Davis By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, June 2, 2010. [read article]
  • Kellogg's Bet on 'Racial Healing' By Stephen Thernstrom, The Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2010. [read article]
  • Obama's Census Identity By Abigail Thernstrom, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion Journal, April 8, 2010 [read article]
  • Redistricting, Race, and the Voting Rights Act. By Abigail Thernstrom, National Affairs, April 6, 2010. [read article as pdf] [read article at AEI Online]
  • Racial Epithets and the Tea Partiers, cont’d. By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, April 5, 2010. [read article]
  • Answer the Race Question. By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, March 24, 2010. [read article]
  • Are Some Races More Equal Than Others? By Abigail Thernstrom, American.com, March 12, 2010. [read article]
  • An 'Earth-Shaking' Election in New Orleans By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, February 10, 2010. [read article]
  • NAMUDNO: Right Question, Wrong Case By Abigail Thernstrom, SCOTUS Blog, February 8, 2010. [read article]
  • Down Memory Lane in the Blue, Blue State By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online and AEI online, January 19, 2010. [read article at NRO or AEI]
  • Harry Reid Off Camera By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, January 11, 2010. [read article]
  • Racism Everywhere By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, January 8, 2010 [read article]
  • Lani's Heir: The new, old racial ideology of the Holder Justice Department. By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review, December 21, 2009. [read article]
  • Counting Our Blessings: Things to be Thankful for. NRO Symposium, National Review Online, November 25, 2009. [read article]
  • Understanding Black Political Apathy By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, October 21, 2009, The Corner [read article]
  • The White-Racism Chorus By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, September 1, 2009, The Corner [read article]
  • Obama’s Missed Opportunity: Platitudes aren’t enough. By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, September 9, 2009 [read article]
  • The Obama We Need: The president should fulfill his promises of post-racial leadership. By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, July 24, 2009 [read article]
  • Commentary: Why we should worry about Sotomayor By Abigail Thernstrom, CNNPolitics.com, July 14, 2009. [read article]
  • The Supreme Court Says No To Quotas by Abigail Thernstrom, Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2009. [read article]
  • A Clear Win for the Deserving By Abigail Thernstrom, New York Times Blog, June 29, 2009 [read article]
  • A Wise Punt? Court Demurs on Election Law By Abigail Thernstrom, New York Post, June 24, 2009. [read article]
  • Not So Inconsistent  By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, June 24, 2009 [read article]
  • Racial Progress Stymied By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review Online, June 23, 2009 [read article]
  • Voting Rights Verdict By Abigail Thernstrom, Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2009. [read article]
  • Integration Now: The Supreme Court should scrap an antiquated and unconstitutional rule By Abigail Thernstrom, National Review June 22, 2009. [read article]
  • Commentary: Identity politics in the age of Obama By Abigail Thernstrom, CNNPolitics.com, June 4, 2009. [read article]
  • A Turning Point for Voting Rights Law: Reality Has Changed By Abigail Thernstrom, New York Times, April 29, 2009. [read article]
  • New Haven's Racial Test: Merit doesn't matter for city firefighters. By Abigail Thernstrom and Stephen Thernstrom, The Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2009. [read article]

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