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Native Americans granted citizenship 100 years ago, but voting rights came decades later
Arizona Daily Star· 3 days agoArizona, in particular, used literacy tests and other tools to quash voting rights of Americans who...
Disenfranchised for disabilities: Arizona's guardianship law is a voting rights hell
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As Pride month grows, so does hostility in some Maine towns
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJun. 6—As the organizers of the first Pride month events in Unity prepared to paint four rainbow-colored crosswalks on Thursday, they expected 20 volunteers. Sixty showed up. It was energizing ...
Republicans block bill to protect contraception access as Democrats make election-year push
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 7 days agoThe test vote won a 51-39 majority, but that was well short of the 60 votes to move ahead on the...
13 Shocking Quotes From the Latest Hearing to Ban Public Drag Performances in Ohio
Cincinnati CityBeat· 7 days agoThe Ohio House held a second hearing on Wednesday for HB 245, which would ban drag performances in...
Prodded by fed up parents, some in Congress try to curb kids’ use of social media
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWASHINGTON — Attempts to get kids off of their phones are ramping up in Congress, despite intense...
James Lawson, architect of nonviolent protest of civil rights movement, dies at 95
Washington Post· 3 days agoThe Rev. James M. Lawson, a United Methodist minister who became a principal tactician of nonviolent...
Why homeschooling in Maine is on the rise
Bangor Daily News· 3 days agoThe Burkhart family’s academic lessons often take place at night. Because the Hodgdon family homeschools, the children can pick their days, times and...
Business owner, former Buncombe GOP chair appointed to county school board
Mountain Xpress· 6 days agoWeinert is a franchisee for four area Firehouse Subs locations, owner and president of a business...
Review: WEDDING BAND, Lyric Hammersmith
Broadway World· 6 days agoSet in 1918 South Carolina, Wedding Band is a blistering portrayal of unjust laws and discrimination, of conscious and unconscious bias, of finding love...
