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SCOTT: Sessions Has Black Friends — So What?
Many people offering support to Sen. Jeff Sessions in his nomination for U.S. attorney general have stated that he has…
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N.C. Election Case is Another Front in a Bigger Battle
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (The Washington Post) — “Our country has changed,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote in 2013, when…
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Proof that the Supreme Court Got it Wrong in Shelby
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist When the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights…
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Supreme Court’s Shelby Ruling Makes Selma a ‘Footnote’
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As Washington lawmakers, local officials and activists prepare to march…
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Voting Rights Advocates Try to Put Oversight Back on the Map
By Kara Brandeisky Special to the NNPA from ProPublica When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key part of…
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Justice Department Will Sue N.C. Over New Voting Laws
by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Stepping up efforts to combat voting laws that discriminate against Blacks,…
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A Glimmer of Hope
By Stephanie Jones NNPA Columnist Stephanie Jones In the midst of the anger and disappointment at the acquittal of George…
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Voting Rights Advocates Face Uphill Battle
Kimberlé Crenshaw says voting rights advocates must move beyond the status quo by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA)…
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