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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· 12 hours 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· 2 days agoLast week, members of the Michigan Senate Elections and Ethics Committee voted to advance a package ...
Several Metropolitan Council Members are filing a lawsuit against the parish
WAFB Baton Rouge· 5 hours agoFive East Baton Rouge Metro Council members are filing a lawsuit against the parish for violations ...
Daughter shares story of her father, Deputy Sheriff Fifield, during the Civil Rights era
The St. Augustine Record· 5 days agoJohns County, owner of a local gas station, and a 20-year Crescent Beach resident during early...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 days agoTo Sewell, voting rights aren’t just policy but personal as she was raised in Selma...the main hub where our civil rights heroes had organized. Now, as Alabama and other southern states begin ...
Texas county DA wins sovereign immunity in voter rights lawsuit
Courthouse News Service· 2 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· 1 day agoToday, as politicians like Rep...Greene promote white Christian nationalism, he said his work is far...
Today in History: June 22, Hitler and the Nazis invade the Soviet Union - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 1 day agoToday in History Today is Saturday, June 22, the 174th day of 2024. There are 192 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa…
Defend Liberalism? Let’s Fight for Democracy First
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 2 days agoStandards Act, and the National Labor Relations Act (upheld after FDR’s threat to pack the court and the autoworkers’ rather illiberal seizing ...
DEMOCRATS: Thanks for all the failed policies
Coeur d'Alene Press· 2 days agoLet’s just take one of Douglas’s claims that Democrats are responsible for the Voting Rights Act. The fact is that without overwhelming support by...