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Supreme Court
Posted inNational

Supreme Court Decision Greatly Diminishes Ineffective Counsel Defense

by Stacy M. Brown May 23, 2022May 23, 2022

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that state prisoners may not present new evidence in federal court to support claims that their counsel was ineffective in violation of the Constitution.

Thousands of people marched to the U.S. Supreme Court building protesting a draft of an opinion gutting Roe v. Wade. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inStacy M. Brown

Abortion Rights Activists Swarm D.C.’s National Mall

by Stacy M. Brown May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
Demonstrators stand outside the Supreme Court building in D.C. on May 3 to protest the leaked abortion opinion seeking to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inOpinion

WILLIAMS: ‘It’s Only a Draft!’

by WI Web Editor May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
Supreme Court
Posted inOp-Ed

MORIAL: Abortion Bans Part of Larger Agenda to Roll Back Advances In Racial Justice, Women’s Rights

by WI Web Editor May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
Posted inOpinion

JEALOUS: Brown v. Board of Education — When the Supreme Court Rejected a Racist System

by Ben Jealous May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
For African Americans, the pending Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade conjures up memories of the Plessy v. Ferguson case and the fight over segregation and other previously denied equal rights. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
Posted inNational

Blacks Ponder Similarities Between Roe v. Wade and Plessy v. Ferguson

by Stacy M. Brown May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
united states capitol building under the sky
Posted inNational

Senate Rejects Motion to Protect Roe v. Wade Decision

by WI Web Staff May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
brown wooden gavel on brown wooden table
Posted inOpinion

MALVEAUX: Our Disappearing Rights

by Julianne Malveaux May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
Demonstrators stand outside the Supreme Court building in D.C. on May 3 to protest the leaked abortion opinion seeking to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inViewpoints

VIEWPOINTS

by WI Web Staff May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
Demonstrators stand outside the Supreme Court building in D.C. on May 3 to protest the leaked abortion opinion seeking to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inNational

Women’s Groups, Advocates Decry Supreme Court’s Leaked Roe v. Wade Decision

by Stacy M. Brown May 4, 2022May 4, 2022

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