The Return of Jim Crow: A Conversation with the ACLU’s Sophia Lin Lakin

Don’t think for a moment that the dismantling of the 1965 Voting Rights Act stops with disenfranchising Black voters. Once Republicans are finished suppressing Black votes, women are next, gay Americans will follow, and then they’ll come for the working poor. Nobody is safe once if the powers that be are allowed to dismantle democracy. Dismantling the voting rights act isn’t a Black issue. It’s a EVERYBODY issue and everybody needs to ACT LIKE IT. As always, if you find worth in what we do, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You’ll get this podcast ad free and it, and the the rants delivered directly to your inbox so even if we’re shut out of social media, you’ll still get access to the most highly researched, factual information available. Independent media needs your support now more than ever. Go to and

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The Return of Jim Crow: A Conversation with the ACLU’s Sophia Lin Lakin is an episode from The PoliticsGirl Podcast by MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan (Politics Girl).

This episode is 53:15 long.

This episode was published on May 5, 2026.

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