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Sharpton Meets With POTUS, AG Holder To Discuss Voting Rights Act
PoliticsNation host and National Action Network founder, Rev. Al Sharpton, released the following statement after meeting with President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the...
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Justice Department Sues Texas Over Voter ID Law, Seeks To Intervene In...
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Thursday it will sue Texas over the state’s voter ID law and will seek to intervene in a lawsuit over the state’s redistricting laws. Attorney General Eric...
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AG Urges Restoring Voting Rights To Ex-Inmates
EPA Photo Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday urged states to restore voting rights to former prison inmates, an issue he said primarily affects African-Americans. Eleven states continue to...
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Replacing Eric Holder Without Displacing Voting Rights and Civil Rights
Alex Wong via Getty Images Almost as quickly as news broke that Attorney General Eric Holder was resigning, people began assessing and critiquing his record. They speculated over his replacement, and...
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House of Representatives Passes John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Tuesday. The legislation will revive a vital provision of the Voting Rights Act, which was ruled unconstitutional...
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EXCLUSIVE: VP Kamala Harris Talks Ending Voter Suppression to Black Press
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the National Newspaper Publishers Association about voting rights and more. From protecting voting rights in America and ensuring safer roads for pedestrians to...
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A brief history of Georgia’s runoff voting – and how this year’s contest...
Former President Barack Obama raises hands with Stacey Abrams and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock at a Oct. 28, 2022, campaign event in Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images by Joshua Holzer, Westminster...
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How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s words enables more, not less,...
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a cheering crowd in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 27, 1965. Bettmann/Getty Images by Hajar Yazdiha, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences U.S. Rep....
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Republicans are trying to build a multiracial right – will it work?
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event on Feb. 16, 2023, in Exeter, N.H. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images by Joseph Lowndes, University of Oregon and Daniel Martinez...
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The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for...
Women listen during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images by Vicki Crawford, Morehouse College Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on...
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