voting rights
Marchers challenge Biden to act now on voting rights
November 17, 2021Poor Peoples Campaign and others descend on White House to underline the threat to democracy posed by GOP voter suppression.
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Why the filibuster must go
November 8, 202151 votes placed justices on the Supreme Court for life, justices who are now undermining voting rights. Surely, 51 votes should be enough to save our democracy and the lives of the poor and low-wage workers...
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Teachers in NEA to push Voting Rights Act despite Republican filibuster threat
October 28, 2021“We will not be silent. And we should not allow Senate procedure to stop critical legislation like this from passing,” says NEA President Becky Pringle.
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Biden, unions, progressives condemn GOP defeat of voting rights
October 21, 2021GOP Leader McConnell threatens to plunge Senate into a “nuclear winter” if Dems move on ditching the filibuster to salvage voting rights.
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Shuler, Abrams link worker rights to voting rights as showdown nears
October 15, 2021Senate showdown on voting rights looms just ahead.
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