Although not intended by the Founding Fathers, the U.S. Senate has become a “racist” institution. By providing two Senators for each state and by the policies its members have adopted for requiring super majorities and by the difficulty of ending filibusters, the Senate has turned out to effectively deny equal representation to African-Americans. The chances for change are zero.
——Marvin Zonis

By Isabel Wilkerson

The United States has widely recognized problems: growing income inequality, stagnant wages, decreasing social mobility, diminishing life expectancy, failing health delivery systems and many, many others. Elites have taken it upon themselves to find solutions. The result, it is argued here, will be solutions that preserve the existing system of power without altering the basic realities of the U.S. Instead, the author calls for the government to implement laws that will make meaningful change.
——Marvin Zonis