There is a long, ugly line between the poll taxes and literacy tests of Jim Crow and the gerrymandered maps and paperwork traps of today. That line is not a relic of history. It is a living, legislative strategy — updated, repackaged, and made legal by courts and statehouses that prefer power over democracy. Right now, that strategy is being deployed with new force in North Carolina and under threat at the U.S. Supreme Court. If we do not act with the urgency and creativity o
