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NC lawmakers call gun-permit law racist. Here’s what the record shows.
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 1 year agoSome state Republican lawmakers and gun rights advocates are pushing for an end to North Carolina’s...
Osteen ceremony will recognize the lynchings of two local Black men in 1896
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbout this time of year 126 years ago, a white mob in south Volusia County intercepted law...
Georgia election law changes effect on the 2022 midterms? To get out the vote, start now.
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis is a commentary by opinion columnist Adam Van Brimmer. Casting a vote in a Georgia election is...
Republicans Want to Stop You From Voting. Here’s How to Fight Back
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThanks to Republicans, it will be harder for certain people to vote this year, courtesy of an array...
When Confederate-glorifying monuments went up in the South, voting in Black areas went down
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDemonstrators hold Confederate flags near the monument for Confederacy President Jefferson Davis on...
Emmett Till’s accuser won’t be charged for his death. His family is still searching for justice
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEmmett Till was kidnapped, tortured, beaten and shot before his body was tied to fan blade and...
Georgia Secretary of State Pushes to End Runoff Elections in State
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 1 year ago(Bloomberg) -- Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is calling for an end to...
The Supreme Court is on a mission to ensure the US assumes the form that the Republican Party wants
Salon via Yahoo News· 11 months agoClarence Thomas; John RobertsPhoto illustration by Salon/Getty Images Last week, the United States...
From a near-lynching and prison to a Pulitzer Prize. A Connecticut artist and writer’s life story...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPatsy Rembert recalls the first time she met her husband: She was washing clothes in her backyard when he attempted to ask her a question. Being young, she was startled and ran into the house ...
How the border crisis sparked the worst Texas-federal relationship in modern memory
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWhen Gov. Greg Abbott, flanked by about a dozen of his fellow GOP state chief executives and backed...