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70 years after Brown v. Board, America is both more diverse — and more segregated
WXII-TV Winston-Salem· 30 minutes agoOn May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court laid out a new precedent: Separate but equal has no place in...
U.S. Supreme Court restores Louisiana voting map with second majority-Black district
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily cleared the way for Louisiana to use a voting map with two...
Advocates press U.S. House to act soon on compensation for nuclear testing victims
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoS. Capitol Thursday, urging House lawmakers to extend a fund for victims of U.S. nuclear testing...
The GOP Hopes an Oregon Scandal Yields a House Pickup
The Dispatch via AOL· 47 minutes agoFrom the Dispatch Politics on The Dispatch Rep. Val Hoyle (right) walks into the U.S. Capitol with...
Voting Rights Act weighs heavily in North Dakota’s attempt to revisit redistricting decision it won
KFYR-TV Bismarck· 5 days agoMonths after it won a lawsuit over legislative boundaries, North Dakota is asking the U.S. Supreme...
Georgia's 10th Congressional District: Who's running, where candidates stand on key issues
Gannett via AOL· 8 hours agoGeorgia’s state primary is right around the corner, and a wide variety of local, statewide and national offices will be up for up for grabs. While no U.
Musing That Racism Isn’t As Bad As It Was, 5th Circuit Mulls Further Neutering Voting Rights Act
TPM via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“Has the world not changed from a racial standpoint?” “Would you agree...is the same thing as...
U.S. Senate GOP tries to block states from spending some of their COVID relief cash
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThe U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected efforts to roll back guidance from the Treasury Department...
Budgets and Ballots: Federal funding for elections is a voting rights issue
Southern Poverty Law Center· 1 day agoAfter a devastating failed vote in 2022 on the voting rights community’s top priority, the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis ...
Constitutional questions for Voting Rights Act abound in Louisiana map fight
Courthouse News Service· 4 days agoLouisiana added the second majority-Black district to comply with the Voting Rights Act, but...