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Mississippi legislators won't smooth the path this year to restore voting rights after some felonies
Associated Press via AOL· 1 week agoKenneth Almons says he began a 23-year sentence in a Mississippi prison just two weeks after...
Civil rights activist’s story resonates with ‘Fannie’ actor Liz Mikel
Dallas Morning News· 10 hours agoFannie Lou Hamer didn’t know she had the right to vote until she was 44. The Mississippi native...
Overcoming Challenges to Voting Rights
The National Law Review· 2 weeks agoThe Bloomberg and Proskauer communities recently came together at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York for a discussion highlighting those efforts, addressing the health of our democracy, and ...
Fighting for voting rights, making 'good trouble' in John Lewis' name, now a partisan issue
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA new partisan divide As of last week...
Voting rights groups appeal ruling that directs Pa. to reject undated mail ballots
WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey· 2 weeks agoThis article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s collaboration with Votebeat, a nonpartisan news...
Why civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 week agoFannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s in part...
Editorial: Mississippi has heroes who fought for democracy. Why is it marking Confederate Heritage...
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMississippi voters approved the magnolia state flag in 2020 to replace a Confederate-themed...True...
Supreme Court’s Blow to Right to Protest Is Another Attack on Black Political Power
Capital B via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe high court on Monday virtually outlawed the right to mass protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, and...
GOP secretaries of state, legislators fight against ‘Bidenbucks,’ federalization of GOTV efforts
Just the News· 1 day agoRepublican secretaries of state and state legislators are pushing back against “Bidenbucks,” what...
Conservatives clash with Trump on leaving abortion up to voters
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAnd in Mississippi, where a court struck down the state’s ballot initiative process in 2021, GOP...