Watch: The Racial History Behind U.S. Territories’ Lack Of Voting Rights

March 10, 2015
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On yesterday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver explained why the nearly 4.1 million Americans in U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas do not have voting rights.

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