How our political system concentrates power in the hands of an elite minority, this week on Reveal.

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** THE WEEKLY REVEAL
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Saturday, October 5, 2024

Hello! In this issue:
* Why all votes in America are not created equal.
* We look at the cycle of violence in Mexico that traces its roots across the border.

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** Not All Votes Are Created Equal
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As any schoolkid might tell you, US elections are based on a bedrock principle: one person, one vote. Each vote carries the same weight. It should be as simple as that.
Yet for much of the country’s history, that hasn't been the case. At various points, whole classes of people were shut out of voting: enslaved Black Americans, Native Americans, and poor White people. The first time women had the right to vote was in 1919.

Going back to America’s early years, the political institutions created by the Founding Fathers were meant to constrain democracy. Newer tactics—like voter suppression and gerrymandering—are layered on top of this anti-democratic foundation to entrench the power of a conservative White minority.

These are some of the conclusions from Mother Jones reporter Ari Berman in his latest book, Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It.
This week on Reveal, Berman explains how conservative figures like Pat Buchanan opened the door for Donald Trump and made White Republicans fear becoming a racial minority.



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25,000

In 2014, about 70,000 people were granted asylum in the United States. By the time Donald Trump left office, those numbers were much lower—and they’ve stayed low under President Joe Biden.

By 2022, even as the US border with Mexico was flooded with asylum seekers, the number of people actually granted it dropped by nearly two-thirds, to roughly 25,000.


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