Voting Rights

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February 15, 2018

Bokeem Woodbine stars in new CBS Drama based Eric Holder’s life

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January 24, 2018

Today’s Top Stories: Erica Garner’s Activism Lives On, Prisoners Could Vote Again, and #WCW Yara Shahidi

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January 23, 2018

More than a million former felons could receive restored voting rights in Florida come November

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January 10, 2018

Pardoned criminal Joe Arpaio can run for Senate because…whiteness

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December 13, 2017

Alabama woman who gets voting rights restored is emotional after casting ballot for first time

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April 4, 2017

How would MLK respond to Trump’s America?

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February 17, 2017

Van Jones explains connection between mass incarceration and Trump win

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January 3, 2017

President Obama’s memorable, yet mixed legacy on race

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November 18, 2016

The KKK has friend in Jeff Sessions as nation’s top cop

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October 4, 2016

John Lewis says voting is the ‘most powerful nonviolent tool we have’

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August 10, 2016

Georgia police are being sent to black residents’ homes to challenge their voting rights

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October 6, 2015

Meryl Streep's 'slave' t-shirt campaign shows jaw-dropping ignorance

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August 17, 2015

Why Julian Bond mattered to the movement

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August 6, 2015

The fight to vote in 2015: Why restoring the Voting Rights Act matters

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March 7, 2015

President Obama marks Selma's 50th anniversary with powerful speech

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March 1, 2015

Obama invoking civil rights struggles past and present

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January 16, 2015

Dallas County sued for violating the voting rights of white people

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November 7, 2014

Harvard students attempt to take 1964 Louisiana Literacy test, fail

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July 4, 2014

50 years later, the Civil Rights Act would not pass

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April 16, 2014

Politini: Why Republicans back voter suppression

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