Republicans want to take Jim Crow on a national tour

The Jim Crow laws of the old South affected every aspect of Black life. [View in browser]( [Image]( March 17, 2021 [An illustration with a red background and photos from a march for voting rights ] The Jim Crow laws of the old South affected every aspect of Black life. Nowhere was their presence more felt than at the ballot box, where generations of Black voters were systematically disenfranchised. With the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Congress erased the worst of them and put several of the worst offenders' election laws under federal scrutiny. But since 2013, a key part of the act has lied dormant. Now Republicans are using "voter fraud" claims to take Jim Crow on a nationwide tour, Hayes Brown writes. "Some of these states — like Idaho, Iowa, and Pennsylvania — were never part of the Voting Rights Act’s formula," Brown writes. "They were never part of the systemic disenfranchisement of nonwhite voters that the South spent years propping up. And yet here they are, doing their best impression of that system." Read the full analysis at the top of your Wednesday [MSNBC Daily.]( UNDERSTANDING THE NEWS [Alternate text] Top perspectives and analysis from our MSNBC columnists [Alternate text] [An illustration of a grid with red, blue, and white squares]( [Yaqiu Wang]( [Big Tech never even stood a chance against the Chinese Communist Party]( If you’re looking for proof that Big Tech never stood a chance against the Chinese Communist Party, here it is. [Alternate text] [A photo of the back of Trump's head, facing the border wall]( [Steve Benen]( [Trump's 'wall' inadvertently makes things easier for smugglers]( Trump's border wall not only failed to make things better, in some ways, the multi-billion-dollar boondoggle made matters quite a bit worse. WATCH NOW [Alternate text] [Deadline White House]( [Former DHS official says Russia has been 'successful in helping us crumble']( [A photo of Putin walking and talking with Trump]( [Ayman Mohyeldin]( [WHO official says Covid-19 most likely spread from wildlife to farm animals]( [Photo of officials standing in front of Wuhan Institute of Virology]( [All In]( [Chris Hayes: Tucker Carlson’s not stupid, he just thinks his audience is]( [Photo of Chris Hayes in front of a graphic that says ''The Misinformation Virus'' ]( [The ReidOut]( [Harry Reid calls for killing the filibuster: ‘60% is not a real democracy’]( [Photo of Harry Reid]( LISTEN NOW [Alternate text] [Into America](Jury System on Trial Jury selection is underway in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with the killing of George Floyd. This week on Into America, Trymaine Lee looks at how racial bias in the jury selection process could impact the trial’s outcome. MORE ON MSNBC [Alternate text] Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge joins Joy Reid to discuss her priorities for the agency in her first interview since being confirmed last week. Watch The ReidOut with Joy Reid, tomorrow at 7 p.m. ET. Sen. Raphael Warnock joins Rachel Maddow to discuss voting rights and the new coronavirus relief package as Americans begin to receive $1,400 direct payments this week. Watch "The Rachel Maddow Show," tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Tell us what you think. [Drop us an e-mail.](mailto:msnbc.digital.editors@nbcuni.com?subject=MSNBC Daily) Were you forwarded this email from a friend? [Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily here](. Follow MSNBC [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [LinkedIn]( Check out the MSNBC channel on Apple News Download the NBC News Mobile App and watch MSNBC [Listen live to MSNBC on TuneIn]( [Image] [Image] [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)