Voting Rights Act

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September 21, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. District Judge John Bates ruled against Shelby County, Ala., which sued Attorney General Eric Holder to…
August 29, 2011
OPINION - It seems the GOP is on a campaign to rewrite American history and erase the lessons learned from…
August 5, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Voting Rights Act became law to end Jim Crow suppression of black voters, but today,…
July 11, 2011
OPINION - As a civil rights lawyer who works in the trenches, I am well aware of the barriers that…
June 7, 2011
OPINON - According to Rick Santorum, things were just fine in the U.S. before the creation of the welfare state...
February 21, 2011
OPINION - Had he survived into the Facebook era, his relationship status with race matters might well have been filed…
February 2, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge Bates' comments came during oral arguments in an Ala. county's lawsuit targeting the law -- one…