Voting Rights Act
Appellate Court kills key remaining part of Voting Rights Act
November 21, 2023The ruling forbids both citizens and private groups from suing to enforce the right to vote.
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Un tribunal desestima el mapa racista de redistribución de distritos de los republicanos de Alabama
September 6, 2023BIRMINGHAM, Alabama—Otra victoria en un tribunal federal en la que los votantes negros impugnaron con éxito una reasignación del Congreso manipulada por una mayoría republicana blanca, esta vez en Alabama, muestra que la Ley de Derecho...
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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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