Voting Rights Act
Court tosses Alabama Republicans’ racist re-districting map — again
September 6, 2023The Voting Rights Act’s requirement for “pre-clearance” on voting changes in states with histories of discrimination—which the Supreme Court gutted—would have prevented the whole mess.
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Poor People’s Campaign leader, Rev. Barber, boosts unions in Buffalo talk
March 1, 2022As the 2022 election season begins a major movement fighting poverty hooks up with the labor movement.
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Supreme Court guts what’s left of the Voting Rights Act
July 1, 2021In a 6-3 ruling, it upholds two racist Arizona voting laws; activists say they are not giving up the fight.
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Progressives unleash state-level legislation tsunami to combat Republican assault on democracy
June 22, 2021At least 880 bills have been filed to protect voting rights against the GOP suppression onslaught.
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Biden links Tulsa massacre to today’s racist voting rights repression
June 2, 2021GOP attacks on voting rights reflect modern-day subjugation of Black people and determination to kill democracy for everyone.
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