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How Some States Are Responding to the Worst Attack on Voting Rights in Decades
Capital B via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhen a panel from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling limiting who can sue under...
Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment fails in acrimonious end to legislative session
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoMinnesota lawmakers failed to pass a state Equal Rights Amendment that would have enshrined...
Samuel Alito Has Fox News Brain
New Republic· 4 days agoOne of them is whether the state justified a challenge law on the basis of fighting voter fraud. “Fraud can affect the outcome of a close ...
Remembering Steve Pollak, a lawyer whose work inspired generations
NPR· 19 hours ago(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MERRICK GARLAND: Back in D.C., he helped draft the Voting Rights Act of 1965 using ...
Supreme Court Allows South Carolina’s GOP-Drawn Congressional Map, Rejecting Racial Discrimination...
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoBut the court has left open at least some pathways to challenge racial gerrymanders under the Voting...
Members of the U.S. Senate face a vote on whether they support contraception access
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSenate... York Democrat, announced Wednesday the chamber […] The post Members of the U.S. Senate...
Biden’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort on College Campuses May Be Illegal, Lawyers Warn
The New York Sun· 5 days agoPresident Biden’s get-out-the-vote effort on college campuses nationwide could represent an illegal...
Supreme Court approves South Carolina congressional map previously found to dilute Black voting...
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Supreme Court upheld a pro-Republican South Carolina congressional map Thursday, rejecting the...
Opinion: We are not living in a post-racial world
The Gazette· 6 days agoCivil rights commissions exist for a reason, specifically to respond to ongoing complaints of discrimination and to protect civil rights of protected...
Why Is This Happening? Resisting the right-wing attack on democracy with Ari Berman
MSNBC· 20 hours agoThis week, we’re sharing a recording of an event hosted at the Center for Brooklyn History where...