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How Some States Are Responding to the Worst Attack on Voting Rights in Decades
Capital B via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWhen a panel from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling limiting who can sue under...
Abcarian: Why are Republicans making it harder for some people to vote? It's not just partisanship
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoOf all the modern Supreme Court’s incredibly disappointing rulings, gutting the Voting Rights Act of...
Democrats and Republicans keep colliding over contraception
The Raw Story· 2 hours agoOn the federal level, there is also a partisan divide, but Republicans...protect it. Democratic...
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s up-close view of JFK and LBJ
The Day· 1 day ago...to produce “an unnerving force field of persuasive power,” famously known as “the treatment,” Johnson relentlessly hammered members of Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, immigration reform, Medicare, Medicaid and the first federally funded aid program...
Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment fails in acrimonious end to legislative session
AOL· 7 days agoThe Minnesota ERA was the one of the biggest casualties as partisan rancor, lengthy debates and filibusters were fueled by the continued participation of
Supreme Court Allows South Carolina’s GOP-Drawn Congressional Map, Rejecting Racial Discrimination...
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoBut the court has left open at least some pathways to challenge racial gerrymanders under the Voting...
Primary election results: Bynum wins Democratic nomination in Oregon's 5th District
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“I will work to codify Roe v. Wade into statute and I will push to expand upon the initial list of...
Schumer Plans Vote on Contraception Access, Teeing Up a Campaign Issue
New York Times· 5 days agoof New York and the majority leader, plans next month to fast-track a Senate vote on a bill to...
Supreme Court approves South Carolina congressional map previously found to dilute Black voting...
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Supreme Court upheld a pro-Republican South Carolina congressional map Thursday, rejecting the...
Why ‘We The People’ should vote - The Times-Independent
The Moab Times-Independent· 6 days agoIn 1981, at Ronald Reagan’s inauguration to become the 40th President of the United States, he told...