By Ben Jealous — As we celebrate the 59th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) this month, it is important we remember: the only way to tackle the complex…
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The framers of the Constitution never mentioned a right to vote. They didn’t forget. They intentionally left it out. By Morgan Marietta, The Conversation — If you’re looking for the…
Jackson used “originalism” against the right’s “race-neutral” voting theory in oral arguments on “Merrill v. Milligan.” By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout — During the Supreme Court’s oral arguments in Merrill v. Milligan, a case that…
By Julianne Malveaux — As soon as the Supreme Court announced its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a decision that allowed states, not the federal government to…
By Julianne Malveaux — When the Supreme Court overturned Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, it struck a blow to voting rights. No longer did states with a history…
VP Harris champions voting rights on ‘Bloody Sunday’ anniversary: ‘We will not let setbacks stop us’
By Gerren Keith Gaynor, TheGrio — Voting rights and Black America’s historical fight for equality was front and center on Sunday as Vice President Kamala Harris, White House officials, members…
Congress must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to push back against the GOP’s racist redistricting and voting laws. By Cliff Albright, Virginia Kase Solomón & Allison Riggs, Truthout…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire — With voter suppression laws taking shape in Texas, Georgia, Arizona, and just about every GOP-led state in the nation, NAACP President Derrick Johnson…
Not a single House Republican voted for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. By John Nichols, The Nation — “Old battles have become new again,” said US Representative Terri Sewell,…
58 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands in the historic March on Washington. This year, King’s son and other organizers will march for voting rights. By Rachel Pilgrim,…
A mass march on August 28 will call on Senate Democrats to ditch the filibuster and pass voting rights legislation. By Mike Ludwig, Truthout — The Voting Rights Act of…
Five generations after the original Jim Crow edifice was built, the GOP has dedicated itself to mass disenfranchisement. By Sasha Abramsky, Truthout — Around the country, Republican legislators are using…
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