Jamelle Bouie

Rhetoric matters, and what candidates say is not simply for show.

— Jamelle Bouie

Across the country, Republican politicians have used the threat of voter fraud and the promise of 'election integrity' to justify new barriers…

— Jamelle Bouie

The drama of any election night often obscures the banal reality behind voting. Even when winners and losers are clear, it takes…

— Jamelle Bouie

I'm not someone who thinks that Joe Biden is going to somehow drop dead in the middle of being president.

— Jamelle Bouie

Political parties do not want to win solely for the sake of winning; they want to win so that their coalition can…

— Jamelle Bouie

Donald Trump is often derided as a man of impulse and ego without conviction or belief. This is true on most questions…

— Jamelle Bouie

Voter identification laws are tied to a sordid history of discrimination and vote suppression, but even procedures as uncontroversial as voter registration…

— Jamelle Bouie

Like any long-running series, 'Planet of the Apes' - which spans 10 films and more than 50 years - has its lows.…

— Jamelle Bouie

I grew up with 'The Daily Show.' It hit its stride during the 2004 election - my last full year in high…

— Jamelle Bouie

The most important takeaway from the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States is that Chief Justice John Roberts, with the…

— Jamelle Bouie

America in the age of Donald Trump is more permissive of explicit racism than it's been at any point since the civil…

— Jamelle Bouie

Donald Trump runs on fear.

— Jamelle Bouie

Kavanaugh is unpopular, but he does not belong to a disfavored group. He is not disadvantaged by class or burdened with the…

— Jamelle Bouie

Unemployment is not, of course, the only measure of economic health. But it is an important one.

— Jamelle Bouie

The Republican voters who made opposition to Roe a litmus test for Republican politicians and the Republican politicians who made opposition to…

— Jamelle Bouie

Republican lawmakers unwilling or unable to win blacks, Latinos, Asian Americans, and other groups have used the leeway of Shelby County to…

— Jamelle Bouie

As a comedian and talk show host, Jon Stewart has been pretty funny. But as a pundit and player in our politics,…

— Jamelle Bouie

American chattel slavery was practically defined by the fundamental instability of Black families. The institution rested on the expropriation of the reproductive…

— Jamelle Bouie

My go-to source for beans is Rancho Gordo, which cultivates heirloom beans and offers resources and recipes.

— Jamelle Bouie

Democracy depends on the legitimacy of the process for winning and exchanging power. Once lost, that legitimacy is difficult to recover.

— Jamelle Bouie

In a political culture as obsessed with drama and celebrity as our own, it is easy to lose sight of the fact…

— Jamelle Bouie

From the Tea Party to Mitt Romney's '47 percent' to Trump's make-believe tales of fraud and illegal voting, Republicans treat Democratic voters…

— Jamelle Bouie

Before Barack Obama's election in 2008, the relationship between white racial views and partisanship wasn't as clear-cut as one might think.

— Jamelle Bouie

I don't serve potatoes at Thanksgiving. There's already enough starch and butter in the meal, but if I did, it would be…

— Jamelle Bouie

The story of emancipation, going really back to the founding of the country all the way to the civil war is very…

— Jamelle Bouie