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Houston pastor, civil rights leader, 95, dies | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 6 hours agoThe Rev. William "Bill" Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil- rights leader who helped desegregate...
Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote
The Independent via Yahoo News· 18 minutes agoBut the changes effectively maintained the status quo of five Republican-leaning majority white...
Supreme Court upholds new Black-majority district in Louisiana that may elect Democrat to Congress
LA Times via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThe justices were acting on emergency appeals from civil rights lawyers as well as Louisiana's...
'Let Trump Speak Act' to ban gag orders on defendants put forward by House GOP
Fox News· 20 minutes ago"We have watched for years as a politically-weaponized Department of Justice and Democrat activist...
Supreme Court allows Louisiana to use congressional map with second majority-Black district
NBC News via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoThe court granted emergency requests filed by an unlikely alliance of Republican state officials and...
Preying on white fears worked for Georgia’s Lester Maddox in the ’60s − and is working there for...
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 hour agoDemocrat Lester Maddox, owner of a chicken restaurant and a perennial candidate. Maddox showed that it was politically profitable to play on the fears and anxieties of white ...
2024 primaries to watch: Four Boise Democrats compete for open seat in Idaho House
Idaho Capital Sun via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoIn less than a week, four Boise Democrats will face off in the primary election competing for...
2 Dems skip their House ethics hearing; GOP committee chair calls it 'disrespectful'
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 hour ago"This hearing is really for them, to give them a voice.” The...The loud protest, she said, shattered her view of the House as a sacred place for civil debate. Committee members ...
Supreme Court clears way for Louisiana congressional map with two Black districts
The Shreveport Times· 16 hours agoWednesday's ruling would seem to clear the way for the election using boundaries drawn by...racial...
US civil rights groups sue Iowa over immigrant arrest law
WSAU Wausau· 7 days agoBy Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block an...