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Stories by Robert Perkinson
How the GOP Became the White Man's Party
Posted on May 26, 2010, Source: AlterNet
In this excerpt from
Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire
, Robert Perkinson shows how the Right embraced racial animus as a political strategy.
Two Angry Men: Revisiting the Duke Lacrosse Case
Posted on Mar 11, 2008, Source: The Nation
Beyond the sensationalism and sound bites, the Duke 'rape' case makes for an ironic example of the perils of prosecutorial power.