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Activists say they will continue to challenge Congress and President Biden to
push through federal legislation to counteract restrictive voting laws in
states.
almost 3 years ago
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Just as it took intense public pressure to force Congress and then-president Lyndon B. Johnson to pass the Voting Rights Act in 1965, activists have stepped up their efforts to push the federal government to again intervene to protect voting rights for people of color, young and low-income Americans.
almost 3 years ago
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As the winner of the special election runoff Tuesday, he will serve for just a few weeks, filling the remainder of Lewis’s term, which ends Jan. 3. Rep.-elect Nikema Williams won the seat last month.
over 3 years ago
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A new spot featuring Democratic vice presidential nominee Kalama Harris with a
positive message.
over 3 years ago
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The social media spots accuse President Trump and supporters of strict voting laws as “suppressing black voices and votes.”
almost 4 years ago
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The feelings of fear and uncertainty are all too familiar to African Americans and other people of color.
about 4 years ago
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The study by an AIDS research foundation warns that reopening the nation’s economy too soon could put black Americans at greater risk of contracting the novel coronavirus and dying of covid-19.
about 4 years ago
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Social and economic concerns are a factor in how people of color perceive the
threat from the novel coronavirus, a public health expert says.
about 4 years ago
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Ellen Ann Fentress says it’s time to reckon with the the history of the
intentionally discriminatory private schools that sprang up in the South to
skirt court-ordered school desegregation.
over 4 years ago
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The Georgia Democrat, speaking to a crowd more than 700, said voting rights was
the issue that brought her to the state that will hold the first contest for the
Democratic presidential nomination.
over 4 years ago
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The author of a best-selling book on demographics and politics says the left
will lose again if it continues to dodge the issue of race.
over 4 years ago