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Supreme Court delves into Alabama brawl over race, redistricting and Voting Rights Act
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON – The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with how far states must go to ensure congressional...
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Revisited 'It's about freedom': Post-Civil War Reconstruction amendments...
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFeb. 10—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the 60th anniversary of which will be marked this year, was rooted in three amendments to the U.S. Constitution that had become the law ...
Galveston County redistricting case draws divide among federal appeals court judges
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe 5th Circuit expressed skepticism about arguments from both sides in considering whether a...
The Antisemitism Awareness Act: What to know
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBy 320-91 vote, the U.S. House on May 1 passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act. The bill came to a vote amid pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses...
The fight over Alabama's congressional redistricting now shifts back to federal court
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoStanding at an Alabama Statehouse microphone before lawmakers voted on new congressional districts,...
Georgia runoff results - live: Polls close as incumbent Warnock battles Walker for crucial Senate...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGeorgia will again go to the polls today (Tuesday) in a runoff election for the US Senate between...
Liberalism Has the Ideas–but Does It Have the Will to Impose Them?
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe editors ask if today’s liberalism is equipped to win “this battle,” too sprawling a question...
"Middle class" is an outdated misnomer: It's now "a minimum standard of living"
Salon via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPark Slope Food Coop James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images It is very expensive to be poor in...
Election fairness, incumbency and money: First things first
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 12 months agoToo much of the discussion around Thousand Oaks’ move to district elections centers on protecting...
Time is running out to block voting restrictions ahead of 2022 midterms, experts say
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON – Time appears to be running short for legal challenges to voting restrictions to have an...