A remarkable fight to vote in SC

South Carolina goes to the polls tomorrow. Between now and then, the Democratic presidential candidates will be focused o... [Click here to view this message in your web-browser](. Edition: US 28 February 2020 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair [Emily Costello] A note from... Emily Costello Deputy Editor South Carolina goes to the polls tomorrow. Between now and then, the Democratic presidential candidates will be focused on winning over black voters in the first primary state with a large African-American population. It’s a far cry from the South Carolina of the 1940s. Historian Bobby J. Donaldson of the University of South Carolina’s Center for Civil Rights History and Research tells of how – in defiance of a Supreme Court order – South Carolina’s Democratic Party ran the nation’s last whites-only primary. That only changed when a shopkeeper by the name of [George Elmore stepped forward to challenge the injustice](. Also today: - [How to make future jobs ‘robot-proof’]( - [Federal judges and life tenure]( - [Librarians under fire]( Top story George and Laura Elmore (left) voting after wining a landmark case ending white-only primaries in South Carolina. University of South Carolina Civil Rights Center [How one man fought South Carolina Democrats to end whites-only primaries – and why that matters now]( Bobby J. Donaldson, University of South Carolina South Carolina's black community has a long history of fighting for democratic rights. Education - [Video of 6-year-old girl’s arrest shows the perils of putting police in primary schools]( F. Chris Curran, University of Florida Newly-released body camera footage shows an Orlando police officer taking a 6-year-old girl away in handcuffs. A school safety expert explains the potential pitfalls of police in primary schools. - [Librarians could be jailed and fined under a proposed censorship law]( Nicole Cooke, University of South Carolina There's a long history of books being banned from public and school libraries. Ethics + Religion - [Indian citizenship has now been reduced to ‘us’ versus ‘them’]( Rahul Sambaraju, Trinity College Dublin; Suryapratim Roy, Trinity College Dublin India's current citizenship policies alter the constitutional notion of citizenship and use it as a proxy for national belonging in othering minorities. Politics + Society - [Why federal judges with life tenure don’t need to fear political attacks from Trump or anyone else]( Amy Steigerwalt, Georgia State University If President Trump's attacks on the justice system are meant to intimidate, there's one class of employees who are immune to that: federal judges who have lifetime tenure. Health + Medicine - [The problem with health care price transparency: We don’t have cost transparency]( Michael Williams, University of Virginia It's not the price of health care that should concern us. It's the cost. There's a distinction, and it matters. Here's why. Economy + Business - [Don’t fear a ‘robot apocalypse’ – tomorrow’s digital jobs will be more satisfying and higher-paid]( Christos A. Makridis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology What's more, higher education holds the key to ensuring humans are equipped with the necessary skills to work alongside AI. - [Black women prefer hair products marketed with them in mind]( Yewande O. Addie, University of Florida With the fairly recent launch of an ethnic corporate product line, Pantene's Gold Series Collection, are black women feeling the love? From our International Editions - [Sierra Leone is using lessons from Ebola to prepare for coronavirus]( Jia B. Kangbai, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Experiences dealing with previous outbreaks of infectious disease can help countries with weak health systems prepare for new health emergencies. - [Climate change: how do I cope with our planet’s inevitable decline?]( Neil Levy, University of Oxford Some argue humans lack the altruism and long-term thinking that is needed to deal with the climate crisis. So how can you stay motivated? - [Coronavirus: How behaviour can help control the spread of COVID-19]( Peter Hall, University of Waterloo Large-scale adoption of simple, individual actions — like disinfecting our germ-laden phone screens — can limit the ability of COVID-19 to get a foothold. Today’s chart - [Enable images to see the chart]( From the article: [Scaling back SNAP for self-reliance clashes with the original goals of food stamps]( [Tracy Roof] Tracy Roof University of Richmond [Donate to help elevate the voices of experts through journalism]( [Follow us on Twitter.]( [Join us on Facebook.]( You’re receiving this newsletter from [The Conversation](. Not interested anymore? [Unsubscribe instantly](. We’ll miss you. 89 South Street - Suite 202 Boston, MA 02111