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Opinion: The outlandish ruling that could eviscerate what's left of the landmark Voting Rights Act
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPresident Lyndon B. Johnson shakes hands with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. after signing the...
Democrats want federal voting rights bill ahead of 2024 elections
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWASHINGTON _ Ahead of the 2024 elections, Democratic lawmakers vowed to challenge a wave of...
The Next Big Challenge To The Voting Rights Act Is Coming
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOne of the Supreme Court’s rare victories for liberals this past term is now under threat, with...
Young lawyer who helped write voting rights bill 'star-struck' as he witnessed 1965 signing into law
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJoel Finkelstein is an accidental witness to one of the seminal events of the civil rights movement,...
Early voting is biggest expansion of voting rights in recent South Carolina history
Spartanburg Herald-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEDITOR'S NOTE: This page is part of a comprehensive guide to voting rights across the U.S. and in...
Voting rights are under attack nationwide - The Excerpt
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoOn a special episode (first released on March 31, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: At the State of the Union, President Biden called on Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement ...
Another view: Voting rights violations are not confined to 'red' states
Times Herald-Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNew Yorkers might like to think that voting rights violations only happen in places like Texas,...
Federal judge rules Georgia’s redrawn congressional maps violate Voting Rights Act
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA federal judge ruled on Thursday that Georgia’s redrawn congressional maps violate a section of the...
Voting rights face more threats today than Jim Crow era, advocate says
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 9 months agoCivil rights leaders reflect on the pivotal achievement of enfranchisement for Black Americans and...
Civil Rights Movement marks 60th year. Could another movement be at hand?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSixty years ago this year, America experienced the pivotal Civil Rights Movement of 1964. Could...
