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Jim Crow?: Republicans capitalize on Supreme Court weakening Voting Rights Act

May 11, 2026 11:01 AM CDT By Greg Kearney
Jim Crow?: Republicans capitalize on Supreme Court weakening Voting Rights Act

For further reading: 

Supreme Court trashes what’s left of Voting Rights Act

Alabama and Tennessee rush to eliminate Black representation in Congress

At Virginia Supreme Court, GOP tries to disenfranchise voters

Tags:
  • Black voters
  • civil rights
  • democracy
  • Elections
  • elections2026
  • Republican Party
  • Republicans
  • SCOTUS
  • Supreme Court
  • voter suppression
  • voting
  • voting rights
  • Voting Rights Act

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Greg Kearney
Greg Kearney

Greg Kearney has worked as an editorial cartoonist for over 40 years. He calls himself  “a traditional labor Democrat,” and his cartoons have appeared in publications as diverse as the Journal of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union to People's World. “You may not always agree with my views but that is the whole point of editorial cartooning.” Kearney is a member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.


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