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5 East Baton Rouge council members say new map packs Black votes, plan federal lawsuit
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFive members of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council plan to announce a federal lawsuit...
Senate Dems applaud movement on voting rights bills, while Republicans remain opposed
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLast week, members of the Michigan Senate Elections and Ethics Committee voted to advance a package ...
Springfield celebrates Juneteenth - The Reminder
The Reminder· 19 hours agoGov. Maura Healey and U.S. Rep. Richard Neal joined Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, state and local officials to raise a flag commemorating Juneteenth...
"Middle class" is an outdated misnomer: It's now "a minimum standard of living"
Salon via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIt’s hard to fathom today, but Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on a vote of 289-126 in...
'One of the most transformative events of my life:' Freedom Summer 60 years later
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThere was also the threat of violence from racist white Mississippians who were against integration...
Daughter shares story of her father, Deputy Sheriff Fifield, during the Civil Rights era
The St. Augustine Record· 7 days agoJohns County, owner of a local gas station, and a 20-year Crescent Beach resident during early...
Several Metropolitan Council Members are filing a lawsuit against the parish
WAFB Baton Rouge· 2 days agoFive East Baton Rouge Metro Council members are filing a lawsuit against the parish for violations ...
Texas county DA wins sovereign immunity in voter rights lawsuit
Courthouse News Service· 5 days agoVoter rights advocacy groups say the legislation runs afoul of the Voting Rights Act of 1965; Americans with Disabilities ...
Rev. Al Sharpton, local religious leaders to rally against white Christian nationalism ahead of RNC
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 days agoToday, as politicians like Rep...Greene promote white Christian nationalism, he said his work is far...
Lowry: The war on contraception that wasn't
Washington Times-Herald· 20 hours agoAll we know is that some place or other, a shadowy group of powerful Republicans is meeting to figure out how to ban contraceptives. The Democratic...