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Budgets and Ballots: Federal funding for elections is a voting rights issue
Southern Poverty Law Center· 2 days agoAct and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act – combined legislation that would have strengthened the Voting Rights Act < ...
Supreme Court allows Louisiana's congressional map with new, mostly Black district
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe battle over congressional district lines in Louisiana involves how much states should weigh...
Galveston County redistricting case draws divide among federal appeals court judges
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe 5th Circuit expressed skepticism about arguments from both sides in considering whether a...
'That was a lie!'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe case became a catalyst for major civil rights developments, from the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the Fair Housing Act< ...
Judges Split On Texas County’s Racist Redistricted Voting Map Violates Civil Protections For...
Black America Web· 1 day agoOn Tuesday, a full panel of federal appellate court judges convened to decide whether it could be...
Cori Bush Calls Out Police and Government Repression of Social Movements
Teen Vogue· 3 days agoThe same is true of the Civil Rights movement, which culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and...
Ketanji Brown Jackson notes key question in Supreme Court decision
Newsweek· 2 days agoThe Supreme Court was asked to weigh in after a series of legal battles over Louisiana, a...
State seeks U.S. Supreme Court help in fight over Louisiana congressional map
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans· 4 days agoLoyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino says Louisiana is caught in a collision at the intersection of the...
In a nod to history, Biden meets with Brown v. Board of Education families
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHenderson said her own message to Biden would be about the fragility of American democracy and the...
Fight for civil rights is in the genes of ACLU of Florida’s new leader
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“For me, this moment in history is a moment that demands a very loud, active, verbal response,” said...