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15 connected korrents · 13 moments from 1 Feb 1903 to 1 Oct 2026.
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Read this korrent: A ballot law unfair to either race injures whites more lastingly than Black citizens
A ballot law unfair to either race injures whites more lastingly than Black citizens
BW
Booker T. Washington — holds since c. 1899 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Black Americans need the vote in self-defence, or nothing will save them from a second slavery — tap to centre the map on it
Black Americans need the vote in self-defence, or nothing will save them from a second slavery
Last stated 124 years ago
1 Feb 1903
WB
W. E. B. Du Bois — holds since 1903-02-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The ballot box has only limited power to bring about lasting political change. — tap to centre the map on it
The ballot box has only limited power to bring about lasting political change.
Last stated a year ago
16 Jun 2025
KW
Kate Wagner — holds since 2025-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Using race to advantage some candidates over others is illegal — tap to centre the map on it
Using race to advantage some candidates over others is illegal
Last stated 3 years ago
30 Jun 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Equal votes are not sensible because people's thinking has different merit, so an idea meritocracy has to know the merit of people's thinking. — tap to centre the map on it
Equal votes are not sensible because people's thinking has different merit, so an idea meritocracy has to know the merit of people's thinking.
Last stated 4 years ago
27 Sept 2022
RD
Ray Dalio — holds since 2022-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Corruption is better restrained by a wide right to vote than by limiting it to the wealthy — tap to centre the map on it
Corruption is better restrained by a wide right to vote than by limiting it to the wealthy
TJ
Thomas Jefferson — holds since c. 1781–1787 — tap for who they are
Same subject: All legislation and official authority, even from universal suffrage, can only serve a ruling minority — tap to centre the map on it
All legislation and official authority, even from universal suffrage, can only serve a ruling minority
MB
Mikhail Bakunin — holds since c. 1870–1876 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status.
Last stated a month ago
1 Oct 2026
AE
Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them.
Last stated a month ago
23 Sept 2026
JM
Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it
A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely.
Last stated 2 months ago
22 Aug 2026
JP
Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it
A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it.
Last stated 2 years ago
1 Dec 2024
AE
Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
DD
Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves — tap to centre the map on it
A citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves
JT
Joseph Tussman — holds since c. 2000 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
CH
Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
EB
Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it
A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Jun 2026
SP
Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
HR
Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
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