Church at Heart of Selma’s 1965 Voting Rights March is Endangered
From today’s NPR News Online: Like religious congregants all over, the people of historic Brown Chapel AME Church turned off the lights and locked the doors at the beginning of…
Supreme Court allows Alabama election map over black vote dilution claims
From today’s ABC News Online: The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated Alabama’s new GOP-drawn congressional map over the objection of civil rights groups and decisions of two lower courts finding…
Federal Court Rejects Alabama Redistricting for Violating Voting Rights
From today’s Reuters Online: A U.S. court rejected on Monday the Alabama legislature’s redrawn U.S. congressional district map for November elections, saying it likely violated the Voting Rights Act and…
Unionization Efforts by Amazon Workers Dealt a Blow After Alabama Vote
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Amazon workers at a giant Alabama warehouse have voted against unionizing, a significant blow to a months-long campaign that pitted union activists against one of…
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Biden throws support behind Amazon workers holding milestone union vote
From today’s CNN Online: President Joe Biden on Sunday night lent his support to Amazon workers who are pushing to unionize — and appeared to warn Amazon (AMZN) not to…
Robert Bentley, Alabama GOP Governor, Resigns Amid Scandal
From today’s New York Times: Breaking News: MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Gov. Robert Bentley resigned Monday, his power and popularity diminished by a sex scandal that staggered the state, brought him…