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Juneteenth is a holiday about our nation's unfinished work
San Antonio Express-News· 5 days agoJuneteenth is the holiday of delay and denial. It is a celebration of emancipation, yet for its...
Texas county DA wins sovereign immunity in voter rights lawsuit
Courthouse News Service· 3 days agoVoter rights advocacy groups say the legislation runs afoul of the Voting Rights Act of 1965; Americans with Disabilities Act; and the First, 14th and 15th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 6 days agoWest Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is a Democrat in name only. With the Senate wound tighter than gnat booty, Manchin prides himself as the belle of the ball, knowing that he becomes the swing vote ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 6 days agoOn Wednesday, the Supreme Court made the decision to restore a congressional voting map in Louisiana—and it’s a win for Black voters. The restoration occurred less than six months before the ...
Don't Water Down Juneteenth
Newsweek· 5 days agoDespite the relentless attacks on our multiracial democracy, hope is not lost. Our ancestors never surrendered their dream for a brighter tomorrow.
Today in History: June 22
The Herald Bulletin· 2 days agoToday is SATURDAY, JUNE 22, the 174th day of 2024. There are 192 days left in the year. In 1981, Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to killing rock star...
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The Root· 6 days agoRep. Terri Sewell, mentee of the late Rep. John Lewis, said she is not backing down on the voting rights bills that failed to pass the Senate. Sewell announced on the 57th commemoration of Bloody ...
As Black churches see emptier pews, Democrats may lose a key turnout weapon
The Christian Science Monitor· 3 days agoPurple-and-red light streams from stained-glass windows onto congregants’ faces, as Highland Park...
Thank you, Rep. Carbajal
Santa Maria Sun· 6 days agoThe Wilderness Act called for “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” In 1964, it was one of three pieces ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 6 days agoDonald Trump is currently campaigning around America despite being tried criminally for allegedly falsifying business documents to pay porn star Stormy Daniels. In his defense, he told journalists ...
