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Civil rights attorney: Legal action to ‘hollow out’ Brown v. Board moves at deliberate speed
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoFormer NAACP attorney warns of legal attempts to erode Brown v. Board of Education's promise for...
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pummels Alabama attorneys over ‘race blindness’ in major...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn a series of exchanges with Alabama’s solicitor general, US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown...
Senate confirms Biden judicial nominee after Harris breaks deadlock
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months agoVice President Kamala Harris broke a deadlock in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday to secure confirmation...
Civil rights coalition, U.S. Congressman want more answers about MS ballot shortages.
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAdvocacy groups are continuing the fight to hold officials accountable for voting issues in Hinds...
Judge Richard Dinkins, who fought for equality in education as a jurist, dies at 71
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 7 months agoRetired Judge Richard H. Dinkins, who helped the lead the fight for desegregation in Nashville as an...
Supreme Court rules Alabama discriminated against Black voters in major victory for voting rights
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn a victory for voting rights and Alabama voters, the US Supreme Court has ruled that the state...
Baltimore Sun’s 2023 Business and Civic Hall of Fame honoree: Sherrilyn Ifill
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSherrilyn Ifill has known she wanted to be a civil rights lawyer since she was a child. The former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) was not ...
Student loan debt is a 'crisis for Black America,' Democratic lawmaker says
Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoRep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) emphasized the disproportionate impact of student loans on Black...
Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Getting More Young People to Vote — and She Just Brought It to...
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty From left: Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren at the...
Plea bargaining and mass incarceration go hand in hand. We need to end both.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPicture a criminal trial: Prosecutors grill witnesses on cross-examination, judges rule on...