Why Access To Voting Is Key To Systemic Equality
Photos: Wikimedia Commons\YouTube Screenshots Voting is a fundamental civil right and it shouldn’t be infringed upon, no matter your race or zip code. Although the Voting Rights Act…
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ACLU Applauds Reintroduction Of John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Photos: YouTube Screenshots WASHINGTON – Tuesday the American Civil Liberties Union lauded the reintroduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would restore and strengthen…
The Freedom To Vote Act Necessary For Protecting American Democracy
Photos: YouTube Screenshots On July 18, 2023, Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives jointly refiled the Freedom to Vote Act (S. 1, H.R. 11),…
How The Supreme Court Blocked Alabama’s Effort To Dilute Black Voting Power
Photos: YouTube Screenshots The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision ordering the state of Alabama to draw a new congressional voting map reaffirms the essential role of the Voting…
SCOTUS’ Shelby Decision Continues To Harm Black Americans Voting Rights In Deep South
Photos: Black Voters Matter\Facebook The U.S. Supreme Court’s Shelby County v. Holder decision changed the landscape of voting rights in the Deep South as we know it. This…
Voting Rights: Time For Biden To “Be This Generation’s LBJ”
Photo: Twitter In America, of all places, your right to vote shouldn’t depend on where you live. But states where it’s been historically difficult to exercise this fundamental…
SALUTE SELMA ORGANIZATION WILL HOLD BLACK WOMEN REENACTMENT OF 1965 “BLOODY SUNDAY” MARCH
We want to show the world that our voices matter and will be heard. While celebrating for the first time in history, black women leading this Historic Reenactment…
DEMOCRATS JOHNSON AND NORTON HAIL U.S. HOUSE PASSAGE OF NEW ANTI-DISCRIMINATION VOTING RIGHTS BILL
Since the Shelby v. Holder decision, at least 23 states have enacted voter suppression laws that encompass voter purges, strict ID requirements, poll closures and curtailing of early…
CONGRESSWOMAN NORTON INTRODUCES LEGISLATION CONDEMNING VOTER SUPPRESSION AROUND NATION AND IN D.C.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The Supreme Court’s 2013 decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act has been immeasurably harmful to our democracy. Following this decision, over a dozen…