Voting Rights

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October 3, 2021
Auburn University professors and students launched a Facebook page to identify hundreds of people who were involved in the 1965…
September 23, 2021
On a handwritten card Biden carried in his pocket at the White House, Haiti, policing and votings rights are at…
September 18, 2021
North Carolina judges said the law was rushed and intentionally discriminates against Black voters, violating their equal protections.
Martin Luther King III, theGrio.com
September 14, 2021
Activists led by Martin Luther King III are pressing the Senate to act on voting rights legislation amid Republican voter…
Texas U.S. Congressman Al Green and NAACP President Derrick Johnson
September 8, 2021
“You can’t say you are making voting easier by making it more difficult. That’s an oxymoron," Rep. Al Green said…
September 8, 2021
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an elections overhaul into law Tuesday that adds more voting restrictions in the booming…
Sharpton March on for Washington thegrio.com
August 28, 2021
Marchers and activists gathered across the National Mall on the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington to protest for…
August 27, 2021
Byron Allen, CEO of Allen Media Group, moderated a panel with the King Center on the importance of the Black…
President Biden Welcomes WNBA Champions Seattle Storm To The White House
August 25, 2021
President Joe Biden told the G-7 Summit he will not extend the Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan.
prison thegrio.com
August 24, 2021
North Carolina judges rule to grant voting access to over 50,000 convicted felons including ones currently on probation
President Biden Welcomes WNBA Champions Seattle Storm To The White House
August 23, 2021
President Joe Biden got down on one knee in the East Room during the celebration of the WNBA champions Seattle…
August 18, 2021
Americans will have to expand our imagination and develop a new constitution that respects human rights and protects the right…
August 12, 2021
Fair Right Action has been instrumental in promoting fair elections nationwide and the all-important aim of getting voters to the…
August 11, 2021
A series of anti-poverty policies in response to the pandemic offer a glimpse of what's possible when we center the…
August 11, 2021
Thirty days after Democrats left Texas to stop voting restrictions, cracks in the standoff widened as more began returning home.
Demonstrators sit outside Terminal B/C at the Reagen National Airport. (Photo: Marconja Zor)
August 8, 2021
Twenty-six protesters were arrested outside Reagan National Airport while demanding voting rights protections for Black Americans.
August 8, 2021
As Democratic lawmakers attempt to snuff out restrictive voting legislation in Texas, there are signs the stalemate may be thawing.
August 1, 2021
Republicans claim wrongdoing in the reliably Democratic county had stolen the 2020 election from Donald Trump, despite no evidence of…
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
July 30, 2021
Black people cannot save a party unwilling to use the power we gave them in the first place. It's not…
July 30, 2021
“The Summer of Activism” akin to the 1960s is the blueprint to make Republicans move on the For The People…