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Michigan Democrats Push for State Voting Rights Act

Senate Democrats in Lansing last week unveiled a package aimed at protecting free and fair elections The legislation, Senate Bills 961–964, would prevent local governments...

SOS Jocelyn Benson: As the US Supreme Court Guts the Voting Rights Act, It’s on Us to Fight Back

By Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State I started my career in Montgomery Alabama. I moved there to dig deep into the unfinished work of...

COMMUNITY VOICES: DON’T CHOKE – VOTE! 

By Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony The U.S. Supreme Court in a six to three ruling put another chokehold on the neck of the right to vote. The majority decided in Louisiana vs. Callais, the state’s current...

SCOTUS Voting Rights Decision is ‘Almost as Bad as It Gets’

(This story originally appeared on WordInBlack.com)By Joseph Williams When the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision on Wednesday that all but invalidates the Voting Rights...

Civil Rights & Labor Coalition to Hold Rally to Mobilize Voters, Combat Voter Suppression

Members of the Fighting for Our Vote coalition including NAACP, ACLU, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, American Federation Of Teachers and National Education Association will host their...

President Biden Expected to Ramp Up Efforts to Pass Voter Access, Election Integrity Bill

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia President Joe Biden plans to continue speaking with senators this week about passing H.R. 1, a...

Amend Constitution to add a right to vote

On August 6, the Voting Rights Act, keystone of the civil rights movement, will mark its 50th anniversary. This was an act, passed in...

First family to attend Selma march’s 50th anniversary in Alabama

WASHINGTON – President Obama and the rest of the first family will join legendary Congressman John Lewis at the 50th anniversary of the famous Selma march in…

North Carolina’s Tea Party nightmares

North Carolina — once poster child for the New South — now displays the nightmares spawned by the Tea Party right no longer restrained...

Holder Addresses Voting Rights At National Urban League Conference

  On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder (pictured) referenced the Supreme Court's decision to strike down a key provision of the Voting Rights...

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