Chris Kromm

Chris Kromm is executive director of the Institute for Southern Studies and publisher of its online magazine, Facing South.

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Racial Justice

Corruption in Campaign Finance Is a Racial Justice Issue

Most big political donors are white men, drowning out the voices of the country’s increasingly diverse electorate.

By: Chris Kromm ,; FacingSouth

January 24, 2020

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Politics & Elections

Southern States Take Up Fight for Bold Democracy Reforms

Voting rights advocates are proposing far-reaching, pro-democracy agendas in Southern states.

By: Chris Kromm ,; FacingSouth

December 8, 2019

News Analysis

Why North Carolina’s “Religious Freedom” Bill Is Even Worse Than Indiana’s

A small change in wording could have big legal consequences.

By: Chris Kromm ,; FacingSouth

April 5, 2015

News Analysis

Students Step Up Efforts to Protect Youth Vote

Access to the vote is now in jeopardy for many students and youth due to a slew of changes to state election laws passed in North Carolina, Texas and …

By: Chris Kromm ,; FacingSouth

August 30, 2014

News Analysis

The Racist Roots of “Right to Work” Laws

While Michigan's momentous decision has received widespread media attention, little has been said about the origins of right-to-work laws, which find their roots in extreme pro-segregationist and anti-communist elements …

By: Chris Kromm ,; InstituteforSouthernStudies

December 19, 2012

News Analysis

Did Big Money Really Lose This Election? Hardly

After the most money-drenched elections in history — with close to $6 billion spent on the 2012 presidential and Congressional races alone, by one estimate — big donors and …

By: Chris Kromm ,; FacingSouth

November 12, 2012

News

Voting Rights Battles Revived in States

In 2011, Republican-led state legislatures across the South and country pushed dozens of new voting restrictions, including measures requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. …

By: Chris Kromm ,; SouthernStudies

February 3, 2012

News

What Is the Justice Department Doing about Southern Voting Rights?

It's no secret: Over the last year, state legislatures — largely those run by Republicans — have taken up and in many cases passed a series of laws that …

By: Chris Kromm ,; SouthernStudies

November 7, 2011

The Real Story of Racism at the USDA

It's an astonishing development given the history of race relations at the USDA, an agency whose own Commission on Small Farms admitted in 1998 that "the history of discrimination …

By: Chris Kromm ,; FacingSouth|Report

July 23, 2010

The Politics of Disaster: Will Gulf Tragedy Bring Real Change?

Today I was on WUNC North Carolina's excellent talk radio program The State of Things for a short segment on the politics of the Gulf oil disaster. If you …

By: Chris Kromm ,; FacingSouth

May 14, 2010

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